858th/406th NLSs
Mould Crew

Shown above in "ready-to-go" mode. Names are accredited to Thomas Thompson:

Back Row,L-R:
Edwin A.    Larson        - Navigator     ASN 0723246
Warren I.   Paul          - Copilot       ASN 0771517
Hardy T.    Sandsmark     - R.O.          ASN 37556916
Eugene H.   Mould         - Pilot         ASN 0767616
Marshall T. Binn          - Bombardier    ASN 0773286

Front Row,L-R:
Kenneth B.  Bailey        - Gunner        ASN 17078103
David       Charter       - Gunner        ASN 31306850
Wesley A.   Hill          - Gunner        ASN 37358132
Thomas D.   Thompson      - Engineer      ASN 36585911
Harry       Glaser        - Gunner        ASN 11069415

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

Thompson's IFR shows no combat for August of 1944,but does show him as a member of the 858th BS which was quickly changed to the 406th NLS after that designation was abandoned by the Provisional 801st BG at Harrington.  September shows two combat missions,two aborts and six other flights, all in B24s. October (still in B24s) shows five combat missions, and a big jump in the number of combat missions (20!). His November page is missing and December shows only four combat missions (all in B17s). Weather probably restricted missions during the harsh winter of 44-45. All other pages of his IFR are missing. Mould does not show in the Station 179 Ops Log so it must be assumed that the crew had completed their tour between the Jan-Mar period prior to the Squadron move to Harrington.

Thompson is the main contributor of his crew's data, which includes his (partial) IFR, B-17 nose art photos and the major part of our 406th NLS scans (available on the FTP site).

Additional Data Sources:
Mould Crew Personnel Files
Mould Crew 3x5 cards

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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