406th NLS
Ray Crew
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Very late period crew, becoming Operational on the 17th of May 1945. Even so, they managed ten entries in the Late Period Log, counting the fly-home on 8Jul45.
Standing,L-R:
John M. Ginador - Navigator ASN 01054586
Robert A. Codogni - Bombardier
ASN T-128632
James H. Baker,Jr. - Copilot
ASN T-128632
Hosea M. Ray
- Pilot ASN T-63316
Kneeling,L-R:
William J. Shanley
- Gunner ASN
13188200
Vernon C. Haugen - Gunner
ASN
39387163
Charles L. Ray
- Engineer ASN
33505055
Robert M. Andrews - R.O.
ASN
32892919
Billy G. Biggs
- Gunner ASN
13180653
Charles Chepel
- Gunner ASN
33430133
Additional Crew
Data
Sources:
Ray
Crew Personnel Files
Group-Related Downloads:
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to
European Resistance"
Allied Leaflets Index
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
"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:
Group Mission Reports Jan-Sep44 (On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)
"Chronology of SOE
Operations with the Resistance In France During WWII" by
Foot & Boxhall
"Spies,Supplies &
Moonlit Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger (On
disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)