858th/406th NLSs
A picture would be most appreciated!
Squadron microfilm records indicate the full names of the crew as:
Os:
Dean C. Ficker -
Pilot ASN 0804638
John D. DuVall,Jr. - Copilot ASN
0682828
Brian S. Gunderson - Navigator ASN 0886230
Raymond J. Sefrna - Bombardier ASN 0757045
EMs:
Herbert F. Bobinger - Gunner
ASN
32863741
Earl A. Emerick - R.O.
ASN
38395849
Joe W. Roden - Gunner
ASN
14160357
Walter F. Rogells - Gunner
ASN
14044942
Edward L. Stearns - E
ASN 36564033
William F. Taylor - WG
ASN
33737454
ASNs
so-colored
for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Gunderson was later Squadron Navigator and later wrote an
article on the leaflet squadrons in the Spring 1998 issue of Air Power History,
which is available on request.
Additional Data Sources:
Ficker Crew
Personnel Files
Ficker Crew 3x5 cards
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)
"Leaflet Operations during
the 2nd WW" by James M. Erdmann