857th/856th BSs
Sterling Price Crew
Late arrivals at Harrington, They first appear in Special Orders #45,dtd 27Feb45. Names provided by Jean Miller, widow of Wayne Miller but not matched to faces. Shown here probably in the USA, with occupation specialties. In the great personnel shuffle of 9Mar45 they were reassigned to the 856th BS, to the everlasting detriment of anyone trying to separate their missions from that of the Felix Price Crew. Until more primary MRs are dredged up it will remain uncertain that they flew any combat missions out of Harrington.
Standing, L-R:
Sterling Price - Pilot
ASN 0834005
John Harmon - Copilot
ASN T-66106
William Blanchard - Bombardier
ASN 0702001
Billy Cotner - Navigator
ASN 02074908
Kneeling, L-R:
George E. Beckett
- R.O. ASN
42000451 *
John J. Chewasciewski - Engineer
ASN
33615581
Wayne Miller - Engineer
ASN 16122595
William Thon - Gunner
ASN 36773857
Cornelias Comsia - Gunner
ASN 35235093
William Rust - Gunner
ASN
15407475
* Beckett's NARA file is hopelessly
scrambled as "Beakett Gvozxe E".
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Record.
Additional Crew Data sources:
Sterling Price Crew personnel files
Sterling Price Crew Mission Reports
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)