856th BS
Seger
Crew
The Seger crew came on-base from North Pickenham and appear in Special Orders
#120, dtd 20 August 1944. In the daylight group
they had been a replacement crew and had three daylight bombing missions before
coming to Harrington. On daylight missions they had lost Todaro
and Craig who were replaced by
Henry Colyer and Ralph P. Beaman respectively. Todaro's wounds were
apparently not serious as he later showed up at Harrington in
Special Orders #241,dtd
18Dec44.
Names are not matched on the back of the picture but are identified by MOS as:
Os:
Stanley A.
Seger - Pilot
ASN 0697447
George J. Carter
- Copilot ASN 0767994
Ralph Mack
- Navigator ASN 0716490
Andrew Todaro
- Bombardier ASN 0767971 (WIA)
EMs
Robert E. Marvel
- Engineer ASN
39407154
John D. Craig
- R.O. ASN 36742621
(KIA)
Earl V. Wood
- Gunner ASN
13119614
Stanley B. Richardson
- Gunner ASN
37676642
Leon C. Yates
- Engineer ASN
16110302
Gordon J. Gillette
- Gunner ASN
31321367
Not in the picture:
Henry D. Colyer
- Bombardier ASN 0669204
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Record.
Unlike most of the earlier crews, the Seger crew had no men who took orientation missions. Their three daylight missions may have been the cause of this.
Agents Inserted:
MR 2112 DZ
Bob 200 (3) Unidentified
The crew flew three gas-haul missions but after that do not
appear in the Late Period Log.
Additional Crew Data sources:
Seger
Crew Personnel Files
Seger
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)