406th NLS
Melton Crew

Picture scanned from Pat Carty's "Secret Squadrons of the 8th".

Standing,L-R:
Harry       Chandler    - Eng. Officer   ASN 0441172
Raymond     Bernal      - Gunner         ASN 39859908 *
William C.  Melton      - Pilot          ASN 0404170
Raymond L.  Moyer       - Bombardier     ASN 0759971
Paul S.     Stonerock   - Navigator      ASN 0671187
Saul J.     Schneider   - R.O.           ASN 12143364

Kneeling,L-R:
Edward F.   Moss        - Gunner         ASN 31658817
Nearo       Della Valle - Gunner         ASN 13005920
Thomas R.   Edwards     - Engineer       ASN 19106274
Charles N.  Williams    - Gunner         ASN 34706556

* Bernal is a guess, listed as unknown in Carty's book.

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

 Additional Crew Data Sources:
 Melton Crew 3x5 cards
Melton 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

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