A picture would be most appreciated!
The Pitts crew first
appear
at Harrington in Special Orders
#192,dtd 28 October 1944
along with other new crews assigned to the 857th BS as replacements for the
original crews of the 850th who had completed their tours. They were
transferred to the 858th BS in March of '45 when the 857th deployed to
Bassingbourne. All told, they appear 25 times in the Late
Period Log, and departing Station 179 on 9Jul45.
Os:
Thomas E. Pitts
- Pilot
ASN 0829292
Robert B. Banach
-
Copilot
ASN T-63339
Cale B. Yates,Jr.
-
Navigator
ASN 02065207
Cleon M. Gaither
- Bombardier
ASN 0674750
* NARA records show the Surname as "Vilette". Station 179 Special Orders 192 and Special Orders 226 (both of 1944) include the 'o'.
Additional data sources:
Pitts Crew personnel
files
Pitts 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)