858th BS
EMs: The crew
remained for the duration,flying their first combat mission on the night of
21/22Feb45 and departed for the Zone of the Interior on 08Jul45 in
B24 42-40362.
Additional Crew Data Sources:
Group-Related Downloads:
Redirect to: Crews Main Agents
Data below are transcribed from
Special Orders #202,dtd
07Nov44,others from Mission Reports.
Os:
Robert J. West
- Pilot ASN 0820865
Ernest M. Rosenthal -
Bombardier ASN 0206378
Richard J. Philion -
Copilot ASN 0829548
Clarence W. Boggs -
Navigator ASN 0389457
John L. Moore
- Navigator ASN 0694428
Morton R. Smith
- Bombardier ASN 0717904
Nelson M. Galloway -
H2X ASN 0694870
Bernard H. Butts
- Gunner ASN
32949076
Guy R. Toombes
- Gunner ASN 39915569
Seymour Fischer
- R.O. ASN
12159457
Thomas E. Silvertson - Gunner
ASN
33546322
Vol M. Cheatham
- Engineer ASN 38506510
Robert A. Polk
- Gunner ASN
34830362
ASNs so-colored for
EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Record.
West Crew
Personnel Files
West Crew Mission Reports
(partial)
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)