36th/856th BSs
Jacobson Crew
Back Row,L-R:
James C. McKenna - Navigator
ASN 0707535
Maurice E. Jacobson - Pilot
ASN 0815151
Davenport Cleveland - Bombardier
ASN 0706812
Norman K. Russell - Copilot
Front Row,L-R:
Joel K. Carter,Jr. - Dispatcher
ASN
20368146
Mitchell T. Hart
- R.O.
ASN
32861630
Seymour B. Chinich - Gunner
ASN
32801721
Robert B. Marriett - Engineer
ASN 36811064
Not Present:
Oliver T. Bonsall
- Gunner ASN
39126440
(Orphaned)
Jack Dinsmore
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Status:
Replacement Crew. Departed Charleston, SC on 20 April 1944,arrived at
Harrington via the Northern route and a Replacement Depot on
10 May 1944.
Above:
Shows the header from orders for the crew's ferry plane, B24 42-05237.
Their
ferry plane (B24
42-05237) was the first heavy bomber to land on the Continent after
D-Day. The "Normandy Queen" was flown from 19 May through 12 June 1944
with the 791st BS of the 467th BG and had a forced landing in Normandy
on 12 June 1944. Repaired, it later flew with the 790th BS (also 467th
BG) and was flown to the ZI in June of 1945.
Aircraft Details:
Tom Brittan
Errata:
Came to Harrington as a ten-man crew -
Bonsall and Dinsmore remained at Harrington and flew as substitutes with many
crews.
Agent
insertions/attempts:
MR 1740 DZ Diplomat 5D (3)
Jedburgh Team CECIL
MR 1899 DZ Bob 192
(6) Part of
OG Team Christopher
MR 2016
DZ Bob 280a (3)
No drop
Below:
One of the best casual photos of the air war over Europe.
Left to right:
James C. McKenna
Seymour Chinich
Robert Marriett
Mitchell Hart
Norman Russell
Davenport Cleveland
Photo Credits:
Davenport Cleveland
Additional crew data sources:
Jacobson Crew Personnel files
Jacobson 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)