406th NLS
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Marshall received the Air Medal on 23 October 1944, indicating that the crew was probably assembled at Cheddington sometime in the previous month. The ten crew members are indicated on the personnel sheets found on microfilm roll AO606.
Os:
Loyd L. Marshall
- Pilot ASN 0764377
Edgar M. Snow - Copilot
ASN 0772539
Paul N. Williams -
Navigator ASN 0712973
Wayne I. Bradley -
Bombardier ASN 0768931
EMs:
Albert S. Beers
- R.O. ASN
33601013
Edward P. Jones - Engineer
ASN 36817751
Louis R. Basquin -
Gunner ASN 31341595
Robert E. Guinn - Gunner
ASN
35559067
Frank T. Karski - Gunner
ASN 36585742
Frank E. Kovack - Gunner
ASN 36692564
ASNs
so-colored
for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment
Records.
Additional Crew Data sources:
Marshall Crew Personnel files
Marshall Crew
3x5 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