406th NLS
Opman Crew

A picture would be most welcome!

We have very little on this crew while at Harrington. We do know they were flying combat missions in early March of 1945 out of Cheddington. The records we do have indicate the following:

Os:
Opman,John J.          Pilot        ASN 0822011
Ballantine,?           Navigator    ASN
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Ouollette,Donald A.J.  Copilot      ASN 0831779
Oyger,?                Bombardier   ASN
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EMs:
Pecjaq,?               Gunner
       ASN ???????

Calka,?                Engineer     ASN ???????
Dzymczak,              ?            ASN ???????
Kaplin,Louis           RO           ASN 12177527
Szymczak,Edmund B.     Gunner       ASN 42027284

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

Additional Data Sources:
Opman 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
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:
"Leaflet Operations during the 2nd WW" by James M. Erdmann

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