788th/859th BSs
Leonard McManus

Status: As C.O. of the 788th/859th BSs McManus had no regular crew. During the summer of 1944 he flew five B-24 missions and three C-47 missions. McManus and his squadron were sent DS to Italy to fly with the 885th BS under Munro McCloskey in December of 1944. They never returned to Harrington.

Agents delivered/returned:
MR 1686  (1) (Unidentified) DZ  Percy 13G  46°40'15" N 01°17 E
MR 2108  (5)  No drop       DZs Tablejam   40 & 47

Leaflets:
ZF-9

Available resources:
McManus' Personnel Profile card
McManus' Mission Reports

Group-Related Downloads:
 AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
 Allied Leaflets Index
 "Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
 Carpetbagger C47 Missions (Jul-Sep 44)
 "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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