
406th NLS 
 The 
crew became operational at Cheddington on 28 Feb 1945. Picture provided by T. 
Styborski, presumably a descendant of Mack Styborski. Names & data from microfilm roll 
AO606.  Os: EMs: 
* 
Ponders first name is trashed on his NARA Enlistment 
Record 
Additional Data Sources: 
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Pard Crew

Francis J. Pard             
- Pilot            
ASN 0721191
Alvin      Woerle           
- Copilot          ASN 02059144
Raymond J. Zimmerman        
- Navigator        ASN T133902
John W.    Mills            
- Bombardier       ASN 0785599
		
		
		
		William H. Ponder           
- ?                 ASN 
34161793 
		*
		Milford W. Drum             
- Engineer          ASN 17133524
		William E. Edge,Jr.         
- Gunner            ASN 
14183673
		Peter J.   Jonitis          
- Gunner            ASN 
31392276
		Richard T. Porst            
- Gunner            ASN 36758775
		
		Mack       Styborski        
- ?                 ASN 
33684348
ASNs 
so-colored 
for EMs link to 
their NARA Enlistment Record
Pard 
Crew Personnel Files
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