406th BS
Allan R. Smith
Crew
 

The men in this picture have not been matched to names. Their names have been recovered from mission reports and microfilm records. They are believed to be:

Os:
Allan R.    Smith         - Pilot        ASN 0742610
Robert T.   Perry         - Copilot      ASN 0684768
Albert G.   Stout,Jr.     - Navigator    ASN 0600529
Louis J.    Hartman       - Bombardier   ASN 0752671

EMs:
Orville F.  Ross          - Gunner       ASN 15337927
Rodney W.   Eaton         - R.O.         ASN 19078054
Earl H.     Kilgore       - Engineer     ASN 13034985
Robert A.   Stoffel       - Gunner       ASN 12031672

Smith's 'short crew' on departure from training at Clovis,NM (other than himself) included the following:

Stuart N.   Lampe         - Navigator    ASN 0683838

Hubert S.   Goff          - Bombardier   ASN 0747585
Clifford W. Erickson      - Engineer     ASN 37322109 (did not fly with the Group)
Clayton H.  Floyd         - R.O.         ASN 31282315 (did not fly with the Group)
Orville F.  Ross          - Engineer     ASN 15337927
Wesley A.   Teausant      - Gunner       ASN 36373726 (did not fly with the Group)

Above transcribed from Special Orders #193,dtd 12Jul43 issued from Clovis,NM.

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

Status: Augmentation crew, Smith's first mission was #013 in January of 1944. Flying their first mission as a crew in February 1944, they finished up in early July of 1944 with Smith flying 36 missions as did most of the crew.

Favored Aircraft: Looking at their MRs of June 1944, it appears that the crew had a definite preference for one plane - B24D 42-63786. Never named, the aircraft flew for the Group from December of 1943 to war's end - it was piloted to the ZI by the Fesmire crew in July of 1945. Adding prior duty missions and those with the 801st/492nd, the plane probably flew in excess of 100 combat missions.

Agent Insertions/Attempts:
MR 0360   
DZ Dick 67B (3) No Reception
MR 0457   
DZ Donald 7 (3)
Unidentified
MR 0556    DZ Glover 1 (2)
SOE F
                          
R.Guiraud aka André aka Glover & WT Louis G.Hyde aka Frédéric
MR 0781    DZ Percy 19 (4) Part of the Inter-Allied Mission BERGAMOTTE Team

Additional Crew Data sources:

Allan R. Smith Crew Personnel Files

Allan R. Smith Crew Mission Reports

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)

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