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788th/859th BSs
 Ewart Crew

Shown above at Wendover AAB, Utah as a 10-man crew, in January 1944 as a 467th BG crew, not all of the men in the picture have been identified:

Back Row, L-R:
Roderick E. Ewart     -        Pilot        ASN 0687687
Walter A.   Saline    -        Copilot      ASN 0699449
George M.   Haber     -        Navigator    ASN 0759844
Robert N.   Promen    -        Bombardier   ASN 0691913   (replaced by George Boes)

Kneeling, L-R:
Richard     Paik      -        Engineer     ASN 39272193 
Kenneth E.  Larson    -        R.O.         ASN 11117878
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
William R.  McNeil    -        Gunner       ASN 19172721

Probable unknowns in picture:
George      Kalavitinos   -    Gunner       ASN 13075260                
Harry M.    Juhn          -    Gunner       ASN 35056995
Sidney D.   Kagan         -    Dispatcher   ASN 32768323

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

Kalavitinos and Juhn did not fly at Harrington. At Harrington,Paik flew with the Gilpin Crew.

Picture and Names Credit: George Haber
Combat Period: May-Sep 1944 (at Harrington)

Preferred Aircraft: B24H 42-95152 "Slick Chick II" which accompanied the 859th BS to Italy in late 1944.

Data from July 1944 indicate the following for the crew:

Pilot MR# Date Target Aircraft
Ewart 0806  2  Stationer 151 B24H 42-95152 E
Ewart 0853  4  Saint 4A B24H 42-50393 W
Ewart 0858  5  Dick 96 B24H 42-52711 G
Ewart 0943  9  Dick 93 B24H 42-95152 E
Ewart 0986 11  Stationer 160 B24H 42-51208 H
Ewart 1020 12  Hermit 9B B24H 42-95152 E
Ewart 1073 16  Fireman 14A B24H 42-95152 E
Ewart 1124 19  Hermit 8A B24H 42-95152 E
Ewart 1168 21  Hugh 7 B24H 42-95152 E
Ewart 1289 28  Diplomat 8 B24H 42-95152 E

Agents Carried/Delivered:
 MR 1289    (3) No Drop 
MR 1435    (4)          Jed Team RONALD + 1 unknown
 MR 1657    (3)           Jed Team BRUCE
 MR 1703    (3) No Drop
 MR 1747    (1) No Drop
 MR 1915    (2)           Henry D. Riley & Paul Guillot  (OSS) to Heckler Circuit
 MR 2048    (5) No Drop      

Leaflets Carried/Dropped:
USF 77
USF 78
 USF 127
USF 133
Additional Crew Data sources:
 Ellis Crew Personnel Files
 Ellis 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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