406th/858th BSs
Cummings Crew(s)

The crew is pictured above as an ASW crew in the summer of 1943. Data below is scanned from Ben Parnell's book "Carpetbaggers",2nd edition. Once overseas Cummings became the Group Gunnery chief.

Hyperlinked entries below contain additional data: 

Van Hoose    34078672        MRs 29
Kilgore      13034985        MRs 24
Guilbeau     14054060        MRs  0
Andrews      34357885        MRs 31
Barrett      19020550        MRs 30
Bromberg     32305776        MRs  0
Hart         17019123        MRs  0  (DNB)

Hart served as a Crew Chief (MOS 750) after coming to the UK and did not fly any combat missions. He was killed in June of 1945 on a test flight with the Sidorek crew. Bromberg had an MOS change (to 884), Nelson flew no combat missions with the Group. It is important to note that all members of the ASW crew may have been pro-rated for combat missions and may have more or less missions dependent upon that.

Agents inserted:
MR 1666 15/16Aug44 DZ Hugh3C (6) Part of OSS OG Team PATRICK