406th/858th BSs
Pike Crew

Pike flew 18 missions as CP (mostly) with the Archambault crew before flying as Pilot.
His MRs as Pilot begin with MR 0617 and end with MR 1163 during the early period, before again coming into view again beginning with the night bombing missions on Xmas eve of 1944. His final mission during the late period occurred on the night of 30/31Mar45. Men known to have flown with him follow:

Os:
Abner       Pike         - Pilot         ASN 0742212
Russell G.  Rivers       - Copilot       ASN 0886140
Clifton G.  Clark        - Copilot       ASN 0683969
Daniel J.   Stirminski   - Navigator     ASN 0738594
James W.    Baker        - Bombardier    ASN 0733012
Allen T.    Wayne        - Bombardier    ASN 0670327

EMs:
William C. Bastian       - R.O.          ASN 33507725
Jack E.    Smith         - R.O.          ASN 35471447
Odom W.    Modling       - Engineer      ASN 6969949
Raymond K. Schaefer      - Engineer      ASN 16126589
Stanley E. Nickelson     - Gunner        ASN 16083219
Richard I. Thayer        - Gunner        ASN 11131238

ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Record.

1st  appearance in the Early Period MRs: MR 0051  (w/Archambault)
last appearance in the Early Period MRs: MR 1163

Additional data sources:
Pike Crew Personnel Files
Pike Crew Mission Reports

Group-Related Downloads:
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Allied Leaflets Index
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
"They Flew by Night" editor Robert Fish
Serial Number Index of B24s
Station 179 Operations Log (handwritten Apr44-Jul45)
Station 179 Operations Log (transcribed Sep44-Jul45)

Available on Request:
Group Mission Reports Jan-Sep44 (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"Chronology of SOE Operations with the Resistance In France During WWII" by Foot & Boxhall
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)

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