406th NLS
Callaghan
Crew
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The crew arrived at Cheddington on 21Dec44,
according to Callaghan's arrival card.
Data
below transcribed from 1stADHq,SO #185,
dtd 04Jul45.
Os:
Cornelius Callaghan,Jr. - Pilot
ASN 0823953
Joseph C. Hoaglund,Jr. - Copilot
ASN 08322142
John F. Alexander
- Navigator ASN 02068339
William C. Blough
- Bombardier ASN 0763237
EMs:
Edward L. Butler,Jr.
- Engineer ASN
34657047
Robert J. Luckhardt -
R.O. ASN 36754625
Robert A. McClain
- Gunner ASN
34910816
Paul W. Noland
- Gunner ASN
17136389
James E. Smalley
- Gunner ASN 35806055
Edward
Stempler - Gunner
ASN 32287536
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
The crew arrived at Harrington mid-March 1945 and flew their first mission on the night of 20/21 March 1945 in B24J 42-51555, returning in 5hrs 56mins. Callaghan and other officers went TD to Southport Palace Hotel (Sta 563) on SO 83 dtd 14Apr45 to stay not more than 7 days.
Additional data sources:
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
Cheddington(Station
113)
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.
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