859th BS
Sutton Crew

Picture: Courtesy of Mark Stoehrer.

The crew arrived at Harrington as a replacement crew for the 859th BS toward the end of October 1944. Excepting Stoehrer, crew members have not been matched to faces:

Os:
Walter L.  Sutton        - Pilot         ASN 0405214
Frank A.   Stoehrer          - Copilot       ASN 0825707 *
Ralph F.   Anderson      - Navigator     ASN 0206528
Robert W.  Brimmer       - Bombardier    ASN 02063224

EMs:
William J. Burke         - Gunner        ASN 37097711
Kenneth C. Lail          - R.O.          ASN 34436199
William V. Marck,Jr.     - Engineer      ASN 33562560
Harry      Reshan        - Gunner        ASN 16089758
Edward J.  Veazey        - Gunner        ASN 18248363
Irving H.  Wood          - Gunner        ASN 34785384

ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Record.

* Has been identified as second from the left,standing.

The crew flew no combat missions at Harrington. The following were shipped to Italy with the 859th BS on 17 December 1944:

Sutton,Brimmer,Marck,Lail and Veazey

Stoehrer departed in a different C-47 on that day, as a pilot. The fate of Anderson, Reshan, and Wood is not discernible from existing records. The Sutton crew in Italy were shot down by five enemy aircraft on the 17th of April, 1945. Part of the crew were captured by the enemy and held for a few days before being overrun by the Allies, the remainder parachuted into partisan hands and were safely returned to base within a few days, excepting a Lt.Cartmill, who broke a leg on landing.