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406th NLS
Childress Crew

Crew member details from personnel sheets on microfilm roll AO606.
An early period crew for the squadron,
they are shown here in front
of 'Channel Fever Baby' a B17, in a scan from Carty's
book showing the air and ground crews.

Os:
Donald E.  Childress       - Pilot             ASN 0755520
Leonard L. Whitehead       - Copilot           ASN 0819231
Francis D. Glista          - Navigator         ASN 0744058
Cono D.    DeLillo         - Bombardier        ASN T-2063

EMs:
Marrall A. Cloud           - Gunner            ASN 16087648
Edward F.  Craig           - Gunner            ASN 32913421
Robert E.  Frantz          - Gunner            ASN 32842261
Robert B.  Ray             - R.O.              ASN 31317530
Alex       Shustitzky      - Engineer          ASN 36724349

Belton C.  Wolf            - Gunner            ASN 39198394

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

Additional crew data sources:
Crew Personnel files
Crew 3x5 Cards

Group-Related Download
s:
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. Erdmann

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