36th BS
Merrill Crew

Picture Details: Susan Moore

Note that the unfortunate Shevlin is part of the stateside crew shown in this picture. He went down with the McDonald crew in early March of 1944. Neither Draper, Gill, Hager, Stufflebeam, West or Kennedy ever flew a Carpetbagger combat mission, apparently being drawn off to other groups prior to Harrington. Consequently, Merrill's Enlisted were most often orphans and substitutes from the 36th BS, and his Bombardier varied as well. Despite this, Merrill and his men completed 31 missions by early August. Krasevac and Bollinger, who had flown often with him, would soon thereafter be sent on Detached Service with Balchen at Leuchars, where they would both be transferred permanently by the end of the year.

Status: Augmentation crew.  1st Mission as a Crew: 9/10 April 1944 

Above: In the above picture, taken at Station 179, only a partial names list has been derived:

Don Gemmel, far left standing (ID by Norm Stoll)
Blair Dyess, second from left standing (comparison with stateside pic)
Robert Merrill, third from left standing (comparison with stateside pic)
Albert Krasevac, second from left kneeling (comparison with Schreiner pic)

In the picture below, also taken at 179, the officers of the crew are shown.

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