859th BS
Henken Crew

Status: To date (110528) this crew is known only from Special Orders #161,dtd 27Sep44. They were placed on DS to Station 376 (Watton) and as far is as known, never returned to Station 179. As seen on the orders mentioned above, the crew was short one officer, assumed to be the Bombardier.

Os:
Robert  C.  Henken      - Pilot        ASN 0817556
Albert  E.  Winston     - Copilot      ASN 0825046
Anthony     Martiniz    - Navigator    ASN T-125596

EMs:
Harry       Barnett     - R.O.         ASN 32874175
Arthur  M.  Reynolds    - Engineer     ASN 35661767
Matthew     Chirico     - Gunner       ASN 32962954
Santo       De Lucia    - Gunner       ASN 31406959
Richard A.  Knowles     - Gunner       ASN 36860188
Francis W.  McCullough  - Gunner       ASN 36450271

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

Downloadable Crew Data Sources:
 Henken Crew Personnel Files

Group-Related Downloads:
 "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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