406th/858th BSs
Hartley Crew

Joseph Hartley flew 60 missions in all, and this is the first crew he had at Harrington, flying 35 missions with them. Only Hartley, standing far left, and Werth, standing far right,have been identified. Others believed to be in the picture are:

Os:
Joseph W.   Hartley         - Pilot            ASN 0735580
Jack C.     Rouse           - Copilot          ASN 0689357
Charles W.  Jones           - Navigator        ASN 0692018
Berton M.   Werth           - Bombardier       ASN 0752727

EMs:
Walter F.   Permenter       - Dispatcher       ASN 18167724
Lester G.   Hunzelman       - R.O.             ASN 17169399
Maurice L.  Joyce           - Engineer         ASN 33404203
Linwood A.  Leake           - Gunner           ASN 33538522

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

 Status: Augmentation crew, their first missions were in March 1944, and by July of that year they had finished a tour of 35 missions except for Hunzelman who was relieved from flight duty on 11Jul44 and reduced in rank to Private, but later appears in 406th Night Leaflet Squadron records where he probably finished out his tour.
 
Preferred Aircraft: B24D 42-40713

Agent insertions and attempts:
MR 0663 DZ Donald 22      No Drop 

MR 0803 DZ Percy 19       3 Agents    An SOE-F Drop       Vernon Blomfield
                          2nd part of IAM Bergamotte      John Forster
                                                          Richard Langmaid
MR 1014 DZ Percy 13       3 Agents    Jed Team Andy       R.A. Parkinson
                                                          J. Vermeulen
                                                          R. Loosmore
MR 1071 DZ Freelance 4    No Drop

Names for SOE agents provided by Pierre Tillet.

Below: Berton M. Werth



























Available Crew Data Sources:
 Hartley Crew Personnel Files
Berton Werth Bio
Hartley 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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