858th BS
Collins Crew

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Status: Very late players,reporting in from the 70th Replacement Depot on mid-June of 1945 short of a Bombardier. Data transcribed from Special Orders #126, dtd 15Jun45.

Os:
Orell       Collins        - Pilot        ASN 0720184
Newton E.   Condray        - Copilot      ASN 0730082
Winfield K. Reynolds       - Navigator    ASN T-13260

EMs:
James J.    Daniel         - R.O.         ASN 13146215
Homer B.    Davies,Jr.     - Engineer     ASN 31326950 *
Blaine L.   Hovis          - Gunner       ASN 33710939
Raymond     Lebsack        - Gunner       ASN 37708117
Ernest C.   Robinson       - Engineer     ASN 14171664

* Davies' NARA record incorrectly shows his 1st name as 'Gomer'.

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

Additional Crew Data Sources:
 Collins Crew Personnel Files

Group-Related Downloads:
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
 "They Flew by Night" editor Robert Fish
 Serial Number Index of B24s
 Station 179 Operations Log (transcribed Sep44-Jul45)
Available on Request:

"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger (On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)

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