A full crew picture would be most appreciated!
The crew arrived at Harrington just a few days after active Operations to the Resistance had temporarily ceased. As replacements for the summer crews of the old 788th BS they probably flew only four missions during the gas haul period, and then entered into a period of training and waiting until they were sent to Brindisi, Italy in late December 1944. It is not known if the entire crew flew on the missions recorded. Reidell remained at Station 179 and was killed flying with the Wiebe crew in February 1945.
Above Left:
Charles Fluharty with Slick Chick II
B24 42-95152
Above Right:
Enlisted crew members at the tail of Slick
Chick II.
Below:
Charles Fluharty c. 1944
Additional
Crew Data Sources:
Sacke Crew Personnel Files
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)
Allied Supplies for Italian Partisans During WWII
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)
885th BS in WWII Volumes
1&2
(On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
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