858th/406th NLSs
Kantor
Crew
A picture would be most appreciated!
Names transcribed from a 6 Jul 44 Alert Sheet when they were flying with the 858th BS at Cheddington. No crew picture has surfaced to date. Crew members were:
Os:
Albert J. Kantor - Pilot
ASN 0805485
Julius P. Koether - Copilot
ASN 0813019
Joseph R. Roshak - Navigator
ASN 0694406
Edward G. Leary,Jr. - Bombardier ASN 0755026
EMs:
Everett D. Morey - R.O.
ASN
31325727
Junior E. Vallee - Engineer ASN
16014783
Eric G. Forsstrom - Gunner ASN
12157672 *
Henry J. Pawelski - Gunner ASN
36502802
Walter O. Brandes - Gunner ASN
36800724
Gordon A. Field - Gunner
ASN
13088554
* Forsstrom's NARA card is garbled.
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Additional Crew Data Sources:
Kantor
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
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