406th NLS
Very late arrivals at Harrington, they transferred in from Rackheath (789th BS,
467th BG) on 7 May 1945 and became operational on the 17th of the same month.
Names and faces are not matched, except for Hayes.
Maurice W. Freeman
- Pilot ASN 0433670
Harland L. Stebbins - Copilot ASN 02067261
James B. Walker - Navigator ASN 0930984
James P. Guttilla -
Bombardier ASN T-9154
Truman Owens - R.O. ASN
33651383
Frank Gilbride - Gunner ASN 36749480
Robert H. Hayes,Jr. - Gunner ASN
13200861
Kneeling,2nd from the left
John F. Dwyer - Engineer ASN
11073336
Goebel B. Percival,Jr. - Gunner ASN
34924023
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Picture below turned in by John Hayes, son of Robert H. Hayes,Jr.
Back Row,L-R:
Maurice W. Freeman
Harland L. Stebbin
James B. Walker
James P. Guttilla
Front
Row,L-R:
Truman Owens
Frank Gilbride
Robert H. Hayes,Jr.
John F. Dwyer
Goebel B. Percival,Jr.
Identities from same
picture on Microfilm roll AO606.
Below:
Contemporary studio picture of Robert H. Hayes,Jr.
Additional crew data sources:
Freeman
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