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856th BS
Kunkle Crew

A crew picture would be most welcome!
The crew appears to have reported in minus a bombardier. Full names and ASNs were transcribed from Special Orders #1, dtd 1Jan45. 

Os:
Donald E. Kunkle       - Pilot           ASN 0829503
Cletus I. Stevens      - Copilot         ASN 0780755
Jack E.   Richardson   - Navigator       ASN 02070127

EMs:
Glenn A.  Diehl        - Engineer        ASN 35722562
Clair B.  Haynie       - R.O.            ASN 39460544
Jack D.   Mansfield    - Gunner          ASN 37498063
Donald B. Williams     - Gunner          ASN 13088476
Edward R. Wooten       - Gunner          ASN 14154514

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

The crew do not appear to have made any combat missions out of Harrington. They may have been placed on DS to another group and finished their tour in the UK in that manner. At 47 years of age Cletus Stevens might have been the oldest copilot in the 8th AF!

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

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