| Name |
Pos |
Status |
Date |
Notes |
| 1Lt John T. Tracy |
P |
CT |
25 Dec 1944 |
Completed Tour |
| 1Lt Edgar J. Huff |
CP |
CT |
30 Dec 1944 |
Trsf to 56th FG |
| 1Lt Benny L. Costello |
N |
CT |
23 Oct 1944 |
Trsf to 755th Sq |
| 1Lt James N. Busby |
B |
CT |
25 Dec 1944 |
Completed Tour |
| T/Sgt Arthur A. Albert |
RO |
CT |
25 Dec 1944 |
Completed Tour |
| T/Sgt James A. Loyd |
E |
CT |
25 Dec 1944 |
Completed Tour |
| S/Sgt William L. Case |
Arm/G |
CT |
25 Dec 1944 |
Completed Tour |
| S/Sgt Arthur C. Cramlett |
G |
CT |
25 Dec 1944 |
Completed Tour |
| S/Sgt Melvin K. Keim |
G |
CT |
25 Dec 1944 |
Completed Tour |
| S/Sgt Truman O. Hagen |
G |
CT |
25 Dec 1944 |
Completed Tour |
The Tracy crew was one of ten crews specially trained in the AZON project. They came to the 753rd Squadron as a group in May 1944 and participated in several AZON missions in June through September along with regular operations that the 458th was carrying out at the time.
The B-24 that Tracy's crew flew over from the States was 44-40283 "Lassie Come Home".
Tracy and most of his crew completed their tour of missions on Christmas Day 1944 and were returned to the States in January 1945.
On October 23, 1944, navigator 1Lt Benny Costello was transferred to the 755th Squadron as lead navigator as part of 1Lt Robert Morford crew (AZON 07). Costello went on to complete his tour and was rotated back to the States in January 1945, the same time as his old crew in the 753rd.
1Lt Edgar J. Huff, co-pilot, qualified for first pilot in December 1944 and flew his final five missions from the left-hand seat. He was transferred to the 61st Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group on December 30, 1944 only three days after his last mission as a bomber pilot. He flew P-47's in the 56th, it is believed, until the war's end.
