856th BS
Upp Crew

Os:
John W.C.  Upp        - Pilot        ASN 0831029
William R. Geyer      - Copilot      ASN 0781280
Richard F. McGrath    - Navigator    ASN 02069068

EMs:
Emmet O.   Dendy      - Gunner       ASN 14193110
Edmond D.  Lareau     - Gunner       ASN 31349938
Carl       Whitt      - Engineer     ASN 35804767
Bernard C. Bockes     - R.O.         ASN 17181451
Ray L.     Edwards    - Gunner       ASN 34842862
Jack B.    Weddle     - Gunner       ASN 39699589

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

The crew appears to have reported in minus a bombardier. The crew do not appear to have made any combat missions from Harrington. They may have been placed on DS to another group and finished their tour in the UK in that manner.

Group-Related Downloads:
"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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