Their date of arrival at Harrington is not known but was more than likely late June or early July of 1944. Hendrickson flew only one observer mission before flying a mission with his full crew, rather unusual for a Carpetbagger pilot during that period. No picture of the crew has been found, and we know the crew only from their Mission Reports. From other records their full names are found to be:

Os:
Robert S.   Hendrickson         - Pilot        ASN 0817212
Thomas E.   Newton              - Copilot      ASN 0700523
Malcolm W.  Stiles              - Navigator    ASN 0716680
William A.  Boyd                - Bombardier   ASN 0716706

EMs:
Theron F.   Heuston             - Dispatcher   ASN 33574611
Clarence E. Craver              - R.O.         ASN 19201443
Thomas L.   Wills               - Engineer     ASN 14135578
Clarence O. Theriault,Jr.       - Gunner       ASN 39206662 *

Orphaned EMs:
James T.    Rankin              - Gunner       ASN 34774765
Merlyn L.   Groskopf            - Gunner       ASN 19201443

* Surname reads "heriault" in NARA Records.

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

Preferred Aircraft:
The crew does not appear to have had a preferred aircraft if their mission reports are any indication. The three Joes delivered on the night of 7/8 Sep '44 were the Jedburgh Team GEORGE II, dispatched with Mission Shinoile to the Bordeaux area to work with an organizer named "Temporal".

By the time Operations drew down in mid-September of 1944, the crew had 30 missions under their belt. Five members could have completed their tour with gas-haul missions, the other three possibly subbed to finish their tour.

Agents carried/delivered:
MR 1939    DZ Percy 8      (3) Jedburgh Team GEORGE II
MR 2124    DZ Heckler 4A   (1) Unidentified French Officer

Leaflets dispersed:
USF-75s
USF-77s
USF-130s

Additional Crew Data Sources:
Hendrickson Crew Personnel Files
Hendrickson 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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