406th NLS
Richards Crew
The crew members in the picture are unidentified except for Harold W. Pitcher, Engineer, second from the left, back row. Picture Credit: Doug Pitcher. Names transcribed from POM orders. Picture Location: Walla Walla, WA, prior to POM. Extrapolating from their 3x5 cards, (Air Medal awards) they probably arrived at Cheddington in the Dec44-Jan45 timeframe.
Os:
Louis P. Borosch - Bombardier
ASN T-5592
Joseph W. Ginter - Navigator
ASN T-131831
Hilburn F. Richards - Pilot
ASN 0721862
Emmett L. Risz - Copilot
ASN 0928707
EMs:
Alfred N. Hinson - Gunner
ASN
14193927
Aldis J. McGill - Gunner
ASN 36899316
Harold W. Pitcher - Engineer
ASN
16111844
John R. Railton - Gunner
ASN 39577032
Walter E. Schub - Gunner
ASN
31378435
William J. Walsh - R.O.
ASN
33788895
Additional Crew Data sources:
Richards Crew 3x5 cards
Richards
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