858th BS
Pitchford Crew
The crew are pictured above at Casper,WY prior to
overseas deployment. Names matched to
faces by Alfred Hanke, ASNs from
Special Orders #46,dtd 28Feb45. At Harrington, the crew are mentioned in the
Late Period Log ten times before returning to the
states.
Front row,L-R:
John W. Glenn
- Bombardier ASN T-5697
Thomas E. Pitchford - Pilot
ASN 02062036
Lewis F. Wang
- Copilot ASN
02062356
John W. Donahue -
Navigator ASN 02074358
Back row,L-R:
William Hogan
- Gunner ASN
31347625
Clarence A. Landis - Engineer
ASN
35467617 *
Thomas F. West -
Gunner ASN
14188708
J.B. Newton
- Gunner ASN
38507651
Roy W. Fleshman - Gunner
ASN
35814698
Alfred F. Hanke,Jr. - R.O.
ASN 37532053
* Surname of Landis is shortened in the NARA
record.
ASNs so-colored
for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Record.
Additional data sources:
Pitchford
Crew Personnel Files
Pitchford Crew
Mission Reports (partial)
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)