Night Leaflet
Squadrons
Aber
Crew
Os:
Earle J. Aber,Jr.
- Pilot ASN 0437946 (
Maurice J. Harper
- Copilot ASN
02045063 (KIA)
Paul S. Stonerock -
Navigator ASN
0671187
Connie R. Morton
- Boardier ASN
0750044 (WIA)
Richard W. Billings
- Observer ASN 02072336
EMs:
Edward F. Valley
- R.O. ASN
13154682
Maurice J. Silber
- Gunner ASN
12022573
Stanley Dombrowski -
Gunner ASN
37566428
Ralph W. Ramsey -
Gunner ASN
35567900
Fred W. Thomas,Jr.
- Gunner ASN
33440803
Joseph A. Trexler,Jr.
- Gunner ASN
34607410
ASNs so-colored for
EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
As with most Commanding Officers of the secret squadrons, Aber had a variable crew and flew at random times. However, the crew he had on his final and fatal mission has been well documented. The names below are transcribed from an account of his incident found on microfilm roll AO606. Crew picture and incident plane below scanned from "Secret Squadrons of the Eighth". Names are not matched to faces.
Incident Aircraft:
B17 43-37516 'Tondalayo'
Additional
data: (*
for all below indicates large file)
Aber Crew Personnel Project files
*
Honor Roll
and ABMC Listings
Microfilm
Accident Report
Final Mission Report
Group Honor Roll Page
Universal Downloadable Data Sources:
406th
NLS Air Crew Card Index
406th NLS
Squadron RZI Card File
*
801st/492nd Personnel Mission Report Index
(Jan-Sep44)
AAFRH-21 "AAF Aid to European Resistance"
Air Power History Article
Allied Leaflets Index
Aerospace Historian Article
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
*
Carpetbagger C47 Missions
(Jul-Sep 44)
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
"Secret
Squadrons of the 8th" by Carty (leaflet
squadron portion only)
*
"Carpetbaggers" by Ben Parnell
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