406th/858th BSs
Stapel Crew

Stapel's ASW crew is shown below in June of 1943.

 

Stapel's 8-man Harrington crew are shown below.

Standing, L-R:
Hubert A.  Bowen      - Bombardier        ASN 0689515
Wilmer L.  Stapel     - Pilot             ASN 0792649
Milton S.  Popkin     - Navigator         ASN 0796591
Russell G. Rivers     - Copilot           ASN 0886140

Kneeling, L-R:
James B.   Elliot     - Engineer          ASN 39307191
Eugene J.  Wozniak    - Gunner            ASN 31128195
Charles J. Roth       - Dispatcher        ASN 18046376
Wallace R. Goodman    - R.O.              ASN 36148716

An old hand from ASW days, Wilmer Stapel and Dave Schreiner flew the first Carpetbagger missions into Norway in the spring of 1944 going to the Chaffinch 4 and Puffin 2 DZs respectively. Stapel also piloted five C47 missions from Harrington and one C47 mission during the Annecy period.

Favored Aircraft: B-24D 42-63801 "TS Ticket #II"

Agent Insertions/Attempts:
MR 0371  DZ Rodrigo 1 (2) Theo Andrès & A. Mabile
MR 429A  DZ Fiat 6    (4) Sussex Teams NEY & DIANE
MR 0475  DZ Osric     (2) Belgian agents
MR 0641  DZ Clergyman (1) No Drop

Additional data sources:
Stapel Crew Personnel Files
Stapel Crew Mission Reports

Group-Related Downloads:
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Allied Leaflets Index
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
Carpetbagger C47 Missions (Jul-Sep 44)
"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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