856th BS
Bergen Crew

Status: Very late arrivals to Station 179, first showing up on Special Orders #126 dtd 15Jun45, minus a Bombardier. Names transcribed from those orders.

Os:
Robert     Bergen       - Pilot        ASN 01573033
Wilbur I.  Murphy       - Copilot      ASN 08319977
Samuel W.  Venable      - Navigator    ASN 0692529

EMs:
Robert     Hon          - R.O.         ASN 18231572
Morgan     Surrett,Jr.  - Gunner       ASN 35074090
Charles K. Jones III    - Engineer     ASN 39576750

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

Additional data sources:
Bergen Crew Personnel Files
Station 179 Operations Log (handwritten Apr44-Jul45)
Station 179 Operations Log (transcribed Sep44-Jul45)
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
"They Flew by Night" editor Robert Fish
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"


Available on Request:
Group Mission Reports Jan-Sep44 (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)



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