406th/858th BSs
Stinchcomb Crew
Os
Standing, L-R:
George J. Stinchcomb - Pilot
ASN 0805871
Robert S. Rohrkaste
- Copilot ASN 0692825
James S. George - Bombardier
ASN 0690558
William H. Firman - Navigator
ASN 0685111
EMs Kneeling, L-R:
Edgar Rollins - Engineer
ASN
18064404
Clyde C. Coke
- Gunner ASN
18075619
Bradley J. Taylor - R.O.
ASN
36221815
William H. Spencer,Jr.
- Gunner ASN
12132769
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Record.
Replacement crew, one of the first. Stinchcomb flew his first mission in April of 1944, the crew finished up during the heavy period of the summer but Stinchcomb stayed on into September, logging three C-47 missions and a total of 38 missions before returning to the Zone of the Interior. Identification of Rohrkaste is uncertain. Stinchcombs last mention in the Operations Log occurred on 8Oct44.
Agent Insertions/Attempts:
MR 0677
DZ Stationer 129 (3) Jedburgh Team IAN
MR 0926
DZ Harry 49 (3)
Unidentified
MR 1079
DZ Ventriloquist (1)
Unidentified
MR 1429
DZ Metal 6 (2)
No Drop - Possibly a Sussex Team
MR 1462
DZ Percy 29A (2)
OSS Alsop
and Schley
MR 1726
DZ Harold 3 (3)
Unidentified
Leaflets:
ZF-9
USF-77
USF-128
USF-130
Additional data sources:
Stinchcomb C47 Mission Reports
Stinchcomb Crew Mission Reports
Stinchcomb Crew Personnel Files
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)
