858th BS
Coburn Crew
Personnel data transcribed from
Special Orders #151,
dtd 17 Sep 44 page 2.
Dale C. Coburn
- Pilot ASN 0690189
Ray Burlington -
Copilot ASN 0818590
Joseph J. Leben - Navigator
ASN 0694884
Leslie H. Conklin - R.O.
ASN
13084191
Arthur V. Crawford - Engineer
ASN
32319070
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Status: One of the "gas-haul" short crews brought in during the last two weeks of September 1944 to deliver gasoline to Allied forces chasing the enemy back to Germany. In all probability no pictures were taken of these "made-up" crews.
Additional Crew Data Sources:
Coburn
Crew Personnel Pages
Group-Related Downloads:
"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:
"Spies,Supplies & Moonlit
Skies Vols 1&2" by Ensminger
(On disk $12ea - $10ea via Paypal)