Scanned from obviously substandard 16mm microfilm, this is the only picture we have of this crew who were activated at Cheddington on 28Feb45, shortly before the squadron moved to Harrington. They flew their first operational flight out of Station 179 on the night of 25Mar45.

From the barely readable microfilm and other sources the names listed with this picture are:

O's
John S.    Bonner, Jr.     - Pilot        ASN 0-667924  
Wally L.   Morgan          - Copilot      ASN 0-928928
Emil J.    Gajnak          - Navigator    ASN T-133811
Michael J. Harrmann        - Bombardier   ASN T-5052

EM's
Roy W.     Bush            - Gunner       ASN 33689817
Joseph F.  Dobrotka        - Gunner       ASN 35925325
Harold J.  Eckenrode       - R.O.         ASN 33509111
Allen      Gruber          - Gunner       ASN 12220504
Robert E.  Johnson         - Gunner       ASN 17151726
Thomas A.  McGuire         - Engineer     ASN 34778026

ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.

Crew Specific Downloadable Data Sources:
Bonner Crew Personnel files

Group-Related Downloads:
406th NLS Air Crew Card Index
406th NLS Squadron RZI Card File
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Air Power History Article
Allied Leaflets Index
Aerospace Historian Article
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
Night Leaflet Squadrons Operations reports (Jun44-Jul45)
"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:
"Secret Squadrons of the 8th" by Carty (leaflet squadron portion only)
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"Leaflet Operations during the 2nd WW" by James M. Erdmann

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