856th BS
Junk Crew
A picture would be most appreciated!
Status:
To date (111028) this crew is known only from
Special Orders #192, dtd
25Oct44 (missing the last page). They were placed on DS to Station 376
(Watton)along with a number of other crews in late September of 1944 through
February of 1945.
Os:
Virgil S. Junk
- Pilot ASN 0512489
Milton R. Madsen - Copilot
ASN 0778522
Lewis J. Schumacher - Navigator
ASN 02065633
EMs:
Finus A.
Hodges - R.O.
ASN 38069874
Victor J. Acampa - Engineer
ASN 32896248
Lawrence H. Blum - Gunner
ASN 38545050
Stanley T.E. Foletta - Gunner
ASN 39013076
Glen A. Griffiths - Gunner
ASN 37358238
Albert J. Grosel - Gunner
ASN 36875208
ASNs
so-colored
for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Downloadable Data Sources:
Junk Crew Personnel files
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
"They Flew by Night" editor Robert Fish
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