36th/856th BSs
 Walling Crew

The crew are shown below at Casper,WY prior to overseas departure, summer of 1944.

Standing,L-R:
Loren G.   Anderson    - Navigator        ASN 0713083
Arden B.   Walling     - Pilot            ASN 0886738
Herman N.  Bass        - Copilot          ASN 0586737
Albert R.  Habeney     - Bombardier       ASN 0703488

Front Row,L-R:
William S. Wadams      - Engineer         ASN 12120266
Joseph J.  Vargas      - Gunner           ASN 39120271   (Orphaned) to 445th BG
Robert S.  Feist       - Gunner           ASN 31299296   (Orphaned) to 458th BG
Jerome     Solomon     - Gunner           ASN 36659849
Harold D.  Thomas      - R.O.             ASN 35548387
Kenneth E. Kernodle    - Gunner           ASN 35098439

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

Preferred Aircraft: B24D 42-40803 Flown to the UK by a 490th BG crew in the spring of 1944.

 The crew probably finished up their tour out of Cheddington with the 406th NLS. A 3x5 card for Anderson with them is on file. Their last mention in the Late Period Log occurs on the night of 06/07 Mar '44. In sum, they appear 13 times.

Below: A casual picture of Walling and Jacobson crew members,c. Jul44.

Standing, L-R:
James McKenna         - Navigator, Jacobson crew
Davenport Cleveland   - Bombardier, Jacobson crew
Loren Anderson        - Copilot, Walling crew
Arden B. Walling      - Pilot, Walling crew

Leaflets:
USF-75
USF-78
USF-128
USF-130
 USF-131
USF-133

Agents Inserted/Attempted:
MR 1437    DZ Frederick 18 (3) Part of Inter-Allied Mission ALOES
MR 1925    DZ Marc 19B     (3) Part of Inter-Allied Mission ALOES
MR 2081    DZ Bob 188C     (3) Jedburgh Team TIMOTHY

Additional Crew Data Sources:
 Walling Crew Personnel Files
Walling Crew Mission Reports

Group-Related Downloads:
 AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
 Allied Leaflets Index
 Ball Project Historical Report
 "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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