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Back Row
L-R:
Grady L. Herron - Engineer
ASN
14142638
John R. O'Neil - R.O. ASN
13151717
James M. Davidson - Dispatcher
ASN
14057692
Nicholas J. Agneta
- Tail Gunner ASN
13154744
Front Row
L-R:
Albert E. Engel - Copilot
ASN 0684506
Emanuel Choper - Pilot ASN
0709335
John H. Singleton - Bombardier
ASN 0685859
Charles W. McGuire - Navigator ASN 0755191
Not shown:
Clifford F. Dehee - Engineer ASN 37239515 (Orphaned)
Edward T. Davis - Engineer ASN
35309872 (Orphaned)
ASNs
so-colored
for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Picture Location:
Harrington
Picture Date: Spring 1944
Status: Augmentation crew, arrived at Alconbury 16 Dec 43.
Photo Credit:
801st/492nd BG Association.
Errata: Following a successful tour of 35 missions Choper and McGuire came back to Harrington after a summer leave and participated in an O.S.S. evaluation trip that took them to Italy, Egypt, India, Ceylon, and Burma in
B24 42-63980 aka "Playmate".
Preferred Aircraft:
B24-D 42-40501
Former Anti-Submarine (479th ASG) aircraft, it was received from Burtonwood Air Depot on 30 Dec 1943. The Choper crew actually flew quite a number of planes but early in May of '44 they began flying this plane more often than any other (6). On the morning of 29 May 1944 a bad landing was made, shearing off landing lights and running off the runway with a flat tire and a collapsed nose wheel. The Watch Log reporter indicated that the caravan crews said the plane actually landed sideways and only partially on the runway. The plane remained in it's crash position for a few days and was eventually removed and set aside until mid-July when it was salvaged. Other planes flown by the crew for the April-July period of 1944 were:
506 R - 1 "Fightin' Sam"
538 K - 3
618 E - 1 "Air Tramp"
768 N - 1 "Shoot Fritz, You're Faded"
775 L - 2
784 A - 2
786 G - 2
968 Q - 1 "Birmingham Express"
980 B - 1 "Missouri Mauler" and "Playmate"
Agents Missions:
MR 195
Paul 9
Denis Parsons
MR 445
Donald 64
No Drop
MR 470A
Headmaster 4
Raymond Glaesner,Francis Bec & Sonia Butt
MR 627
Historian 9A
Henri Fucs
MR 931
Stationer 137
Inter-Allied Mission TILLEUL (4 members)
MR 968
Francis 1
Jedburgh Team FRANCIS
Additional crew data sources:
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