856th BS
Swarts Crew
A
picture would be most welcome!
The crew
apparently arrived on-base a short time prior to the August reorganization as
members are listed in SO #117,dtd
13Aug44. No picture has been found as of 17Sep11. Basic data for Justin and
Weese is single-sourced from NARA WWII Enlistment records,it would be helpful if
a seconds source could be found. Mission Reports for 1945 are incomplete. Agent
insertions for 1945 are plentifully discussed in Joseph Persico's "Piercing the
Reich" and William Casey's "The Secret War Against Hitler".
Os:
Robert J. Swarts - Pilot
ASN 0706263
Frank L. Vonderau - Copilot
ASN 0820916
Grayson Cocharo -
Navigator ASN 0723581
Donald L. Barrett - Bombardier
ASN 0771883
EMs:
Bernard J. Beverley - R.O.
ASN
16069130
Charles T. Butler - Engineer
ASN
35752693
Don J. Couteau -
Gunner ASN 38545505
Herman Justin
- Gunner ASN
32996632 (Orphaned)
Ralph F. Schiller - Gunner
ASN
35228871
Douglas D. Walker - Gunner
ASN
32866549
LeRoy L. Weese -
Gunner ASN 35631087
(Orphaned)
Agents
inserted/attempted:
MR 047 JOSHUA
(1) Unidentified
MR 049 ????
(1) Unidentified
MR 068 DOCTOR & PAINTER (2) Jean
Smets,Lucien Blonttrock (Source: Persico)
Additional Crew Data Sources:
Swarts Crew Personnel Files
Swarts Crew
Mission Reports
(partial)
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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