406th/858th BSs
Norman Crew
A better picture would be much appreciated!
Only a very degraded picture of the Norman crew has been found. Shown below are the Enlisted crew members, names not matched to faces. The aircraft is B24 42-95170 'Hell and Back'.
Norman had no crew during the first phase (Jan-Sep44) but flew as copilot for twenty-five missions. Following that he shows up in the Late period Log (Sep44-Jul45) 35 times. Crewmembers shown are all from 1945 mission reports. Some of the early 1945 MRs were undoubtedly night bombing runs. Norman, his crew and any passengers departed from Harrington, destination the Zone of the Interior on 8Jul45.
Os:
I'Lone L. Norman - Pilot
ASN 0680061
George J. Hoerter - Copilot
ASN 0713443
Clayton P. Scott - Copilot
ASN 0673740
Robert H. Archer - Navigator
ASN 0722804
William F. Wilson - Bombardier
ASN 0769330
EMs:
Douglas V. Bartley
- Engineer ASN
36462183
Huey P. Coltharp - Gunner
ASN 38493126
Ryan J. Elton
- Gunner ASN
7032765
John J. Zlotohoski - Engineer
ASN
33609666
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Record.
Below: Norman's Enlisted Men with B24 42-95170 "To Hell and Back"
List of Norman's
Early Period MRs.
Below:
Portrait photo of Norman circa 1944.
Additional Crew Data
Sources:
Norman Crew Personnel Files
Group-Related Downloads:
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to
European Resistance"
Allied Leaflets Index
"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:
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)
