36th/856th BSs
 Ward Crew

 A better resolution picture highly desirable!

Standing, L-R:
William E. Ebner         - Copilot        ASN 0685298
George A.  Morin,Jr.     - Bombardier     ASN 0679640
Joseph J.  Petrosino     - Navigator      ASN 0673881
Warren G.  Ward          - Pilot                         ASN 0677358

Kneeling, L-R:
Albert     Parnell       - Engineer       ASN 34316151
Milton     Drapkin       - R.O.           ASN 16148564
Harold R.  Masters       - Dispatcher     ASN 16111435
Roger R.   Rowe          - Tailgunner     ASN 16145377

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

 The crew arrived at Harrington in late April of 1944 as a replacement crew for the March losses of the squadron. They flew their missions during the heaviest period at Harrington and returned to the Zone of the Interior by September of 1944.

Preferred Aircraft: B24D 42-40768 - pictured with the 389th BG
An ex-389th BG plane acquired by the 36th BS early in 1944. It was named "Pistol Packin' Mama" or "Shoot, Fritz, You're Faded" in that BG. Piloted by Kuntz later in the war, he flew it on return to the Zone of the Interior on 9 July 1945.

Leaflets:
USF-77

Agents Inserted/Attempted:
MR 1566 DZ Digger 67 (4) Part of OSS OG Team PERCY PINK

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

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 and Moonlit Skies" by Ensminger (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)

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