406th/858th BSs
Karr Crew


Arriving at Harrington on 2 June 1944 as a replacement crew for the 406th BS, they were a ten-man crew quickly reduced to eight but we know not who the orphans were due to the very bad condition of the microfilm for that day. They probably went through the same Operational Training Unit (OTU) experiences as did the 850th BS. The markers on the copilots jacket imply that the picture was probably sometime after 9Sep44.

Standing, L-R:
James R.    Watson     - Copilot         ASN 0821125
Paul C.     Karr       - Pilot           ASN 0696377
George F.   Miller     - Navigator       ASN 0886653
Douglas     Granzow    - Bombardier      ASN 0706289

Kneeling, L-R:
Robert P.   Sanchez    - Engineer        ASN 39564008
Leland E.   Garlock    - Gunner          ASN 32668460
Floyd F.    Jensen     - Gunner          ASN 36233180
Talmadge P. Fletcher   - R.O.            ASN 34604715

ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
They flew their first mission as a crew on the night of 16/17 July '44 to the PERCY 17G Drop Zone. It was a success, 7 packages and 12 containers, distributing 10 bundles of (40,000 leaflets) nickels on the return trip. By the end of September 1944 they had accumulated 20 combat missions, still not enough to return to the Z.I. A stub crew, minus the TG and Dispatcher, flew seven gas haul missions at the end of September 1944.

Errata: Though Karr contended for many years that he piloted the plane for the Carpetbagger "signature" plane on the monument at Harrington, but this was disproved when Henry Gilpin acquired a copy of the Operations Log.

Leaflets:
USF-75
USF-127
USF-128
USF-130
USF-132

Agents inserted/attempted:
MR 1901 DZ Bob 172 (6) Part of OSS OG Team CHRISTOPHER
MR 2196 DZ Bob 188 (3) Mission Thym: Roquier,John Camp & Gantois

Additional Crew data sources:
 Karr Crew Personnel Files
 Karr 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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