Names transcribed from Special Orders #151, dtd 17Sep44.
Status: Gas-haul (short) crew brought into Station 179 to fly gasoline to the Allied armies chasing the Germans back to their fatherland.
Os:
John R. Dougherty - Pilot
ASN 0757165
Robert P. Bronnann - Copilot
ASN 0761025
Herbert H. Paulson - Navigator
ASN 0707101
EMs:
Eldon C. Deaver - R.O. ASN
15015446
William G. Jolitz - Engineer
ASN 37327461
ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.
Additional data sources:
Dougherty Crew
Personnel Files
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)
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