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858th BS
Kleeman Crew

Status: Gas-haul (short) crew brought into Station 179 to fly gasoline to the Allied armies chasing the Germans back to the Reich.

Names transcribed from SO151, dtd 17Sep44.

Os:
Carlton R. Kleeman     - Pilot        ASN 0802417
David G.   Cook        - Copilot      ASN 0817391
Frank W.   Aaronson    - Navigator    ASN 0712468

EMs:
Lloyd C.   Kroeger     - Engineer     ASN 18232223
Charles J. Platz       - R.O.         ASN 12187752

ASNs so-colored for EMs link to their NARA Enlistment Records.

Additional Crew Data Sources:
Kleeman Crew Personnel files

Group-Related Download
s:
"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)

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