857th BS
 Nucci Crew

Status: Gas-haul (short) crew brought into Station 179 to fly gasoline to the Allied armies chasing the Germans back to their homeland.

Names transcribed from SO #151, dtd 17Sep44.

Os:
Salvator Nucci       - Pilot          ASN 0805520
Edwin C. Berg        - Copilot        ASN 0764181
David W. Foley       - Navigator      ASN 0732247

EMs:
 Mack D.  Hellyer     - Engineer       ASN 37654126
John E.  Lyday       - R.O.           ASN 14133508

ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Missions Six (7)

Additional Crew Data Sources:
Nucci 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:
 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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