856th BS

Wroten Crew

The Wroten crew arrived at Harrington as a ten-man crew in September of 1944, on orders issued 20 Sep 1944 they were assigned to the 856th BS. The crew appears to have been broken up some time before mid-December of 1944, as Turchen, Pluff, Trefny, Corbin and Merritt were sent DS with the 859th BS in Italy. Garrett had been transferred to the 859th on 5 December 1944, but does not appear to have gone to Italy with his crewmates. Lewis was promoted to Staff Sgt on the first of February 1945, indicating he remained on base at that time. Kennedy's only appearance was in the initial orders of September.  Bell shows up in orders sending him to Station 594 (Sunnyside Mansions) for R&R in late December of 1944.   The later history of these men has not yet been explored.

 

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