36th/856th BS

Walling Crew

No picture of the complete crew has been found to date. However, we do have a picture of the Pilot and Co-pilot, with two men from the Jacobson crew. The crew probably arrived at Harrington in mid-June of 1944, flying only four missions in July, and ended the active period with only 18 missions by mid-September of 1944.

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

Photo Credit: Davenport Cleveland
Picture Location: Harrington
Picture Date: Late July 1944

Status:   Replacement crew, held over after the active period until tours finished. Their most active month was August 1944, shown below.

Walling	1612	1	0	0	12	10	8	0	0	14	Hamish 1E	B24D 42-63788 C
Walling	1639	1	0	0	12	4	7	0	0	15	Ivor 1	B24D 42-40803 P
Walling	1673	1	0	0	12	5	8	0	0	17	Percy 63	B24D 42-40803 P
Walling	1745	1	0	0	12	0	4	0	0	26	Donkeyman 81	B24D 42-40803 P
Walling	1783	1	0	0	12	10	8	0	0	28	Citronelle 6	B24D 42-40803 P
Walling	1407	1	0	0	12	10	8	0	0	3	Donald 119	B24D 42-63968 Q
Walling	1437	1	0	3	12	0	7	0	0	5	Frederick 18	B24D 42-63968 Q

Hamish 1E, Ivor 1, and Frederick 18 were in support of Jedburgh teams and
their Maquis.  Citronelle 6 was in support of the Inter-Allied mission
CITRONELLE. The Frederick 18 drop (Jedburgh Team DANIEL were the Joes)
was in error, they actually dropped to a gang of French youths who had
set up a bogus DZ, but the team managed to get in touch with Team Frederick
the next day.

Preferred Aircraft: B24D 42-40803 P

Originally a 389th BG plane, it was later lost to a hard landing at Harrington.

Aircraft Details Credit: Tom Brittan

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