36th/856th
Reinhard Crew

Crew Details: The crew apparently arrived at Harrington before the reorganization of 13 August 1944, as they are listed in Special Orders prior to that date. Despite their late arrival, the pilot is listed for 12 combat missions, and the rest of the crew for one or two less before operations switched to gas-haul missions in late September of 1944. There are nine signatures on the back of the card. Jim Burgess has identified Reinhard in the above picture as the upper-left back row person. Charles Burgess is front-row second from the right,far-right, front row is James K. Reed.

Garrett originally came in with the Wroten crew, but was transferred to the Reinhard crew in December of 1944 when night bombing missions called for nine-man crews.

Pictures credit: Jim Burgess.

During 1945, the crew often flew the plane pictured, B24 42-52508, "Libra".

The crew's first appearance in the Late Period Log occurs on 21Sep44. After that, they appear another 20 times, with a last entry on 16/17 March 1945.

Os:
Myron A.     Reinhard,Jr.     - Pilot            ASN 0814968
Robert F.    Fisher           - Copilot          ASN 0821249
Harold C.    Clark            - Navigator        ASN 0886771
Raymond H.   Bennett,Jr.      - Bombardier       ASN 0766784

EMs:
Charles E.   Burgess          - Gunner           ASN 36826663 
Benjamin F.  Garrett          - Gunner           ASN 38478949 
Thomas L.    Owen             - R.O.             ASN 34650870
Maurice G.   McGinley         - Engineer         ASN 37660755
James K.     Reed             - Gunner           ASN 37192298

EM ASNs so-colored link to their NARA Enlistment Record.

Above,L-R: "Mike" Reinhard, Harold Clark

Agents inserted:
MR 1661 DZ Peter 17C  (2)  Sussex teams JUMENT & MARACHEL
MR 2051 DZ Bob   172  (5)  Part of OSS OG team ADRIAN

Leaflets:
MR 1661 USF-133