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788th/859th BSs
Seccafico Crew

Seccafico was Operations Chief for the 788th/859th and as such did not have a regular crew.

James A. Seccafico    - Pilot    ASN 0664259

B24 Missions    - 7
C47 Missions    - 2
Gas Hauls       - 2

On Mission 1512, during the night of 8/9 August 1944, the crew inserted Rene Defourneau off-target. After some difficulties, Rene made his way to the Licensee circuit.

Errata: Seccafico was an adopted child, after the war he changed his name to his birth parents surname.

Group-Related Downloads:
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Allied Leaflets Index
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
Carpetbagger C47 Missions (Jul-Sep 44)
"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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