856th BS
McCormick Crew

Picture taken in the US,undated, aircraft is B24 42-51479. Names have not been matched to faces.

The crew arrived at Harrington sometime in January 1945 and flew their first combat mission on the night of 21/22 February 1945. By mid-March they had 8 missions in and were selected in a letter from 8th AF Hq to transfer to the 14th AF in the Far East.

Os:
Roger D.   McCormick    - Pilot         ASN 0855184
Paul G.    Hallberg     - Copilot       ASN 0927717
Vincent J. Marchese     - Navigator     ASN T-131751
William C. Clark        - Bombardier    ASN 0928847

EMs:
Jerrold E. McCarty      - R.O.          ASN 37085364
Richard E. Nightingale  - Engineer      ASN 32942309
Robert M.  Thomas       - Gunner        ASN 35294848
Hewlett N. Williams     - Gunner        ASN 38592412 *

* First name is garbled in NARA records.

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