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856th BS
Robert D. Johnson Crew
Status: Gas-haul (short) crew brought into Station 179 to fly gasoline to the Allied armies chasing the Germans back to their fatherland. 

Names transcribed from Special Orders 151, dtd 17Sep44.

Os:
Robert D.  Johnson  - Pilot          ASN 0807453
James   B. Brown    - Copilot        ASN 0808512
Fred W.    Mertins  - Navigator      ASN 0698749

EMs:
John C.    Finley   - Engineer       ASN 18137372
Harry F.   Siegler  - R.O.           ASN 34537114

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

Available Crew Sources: (large files)
 R.D. Johnson Crew Personnel files
Station 179 Operations Log (handwritten Apr44-Jul45)  
Station 179 Operations Log (transcribed Sep44-Jul45)
  

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:
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)

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