The picture above displays only the enlisted members of the crew, in the order shown below. The men are at Walla Walla,WA in October of 1944.
The crew's first appearance at Harrington occurs on 18Dec44 in Special Orders #224, Trained for and flying a number of night bombing missions, they were transferred to the 858th BS during the personnel turmoil of early March 1945 when the 857th was being sent to Bassingbourne. From 21Feb45 to 12May45 they appear 14 times in the Late Period Log.
Os:
Nathan L. Moore -
Pilot ASN 0830657
John Jurca
- Copilot ASN 0833539
Richard D. Johnson - Navigator
ASN 02070041
Dean H. Hanchett -
Bombardier ASN 0783165
EMs:
William L. McNamara - Gunner
ASN
35812113
William C. Wolf -
Gunner ASN 17143165
Gabriel Di Guiseppe - Engineer
ASN
33787869
Edward L. Morrison,Jr. - R.O.
ASN
35323410
William L. Chappell - Gunner
ASN 33465262
Fleming S. Fitzgerald - Gunner
ASN
33542981
Additional crew data sources:
Moore 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)