soc.history.war.world-war-ii

On Mar 29, 12:20 pm, "TE, ret." wrote:
> On the afternoon of 23 December 1944 a B24 flown by Arthur Legath and crew
> crashed at some time after 1549 hours, probably near the Yugoslavian coast,
> killing all occupants. Two of those aboard were OSS agents and instructions
> had been given not to drop them as originally planned. According to the
> record in the squadron history, the Balkan Air Force was to provide the
> 885th BS with details of the crash, however, this information is not
> recorded in the squadron history.
>
> If anyone in the group can identify the agents I would be most appreciative.
> I have the names of all the US men aboard but not those of the agents.
>
> Thomas L. Ensminger
> Media Director, 801st/492nd BG

Using Google books I saw that there is a mention in Secret Air
Missions, R. Rosen Press, 1966. Only Snippet View was available, which
did not have the agent names. The snippett reads "Arthur B. Legath and
his crew took off from Brindisi at 1024 hours on 23 December 1944 in
B-24 No. 336. At 1202, while the plane was en route, the pilot
was ..."

Joe