406th/858th BS

Cunningham Crew

The crew is shown here at Harrington, probably late in the summer of 1944, judging by the drop markers on Cunningham's jacket (30).

Standing, L-R:
Robert M. Cunningham    - Pilot
Raymond F. Daily        - Copilot
William J. English      - Navigator
Harold C. Rogler        - Bombardier

Kneeling, L-R:  
Arnold Brown            - Radio Operator
Raymond J. Elliot       - Tailgunner
Robert G. McLean        - Dispatcher
Edward F. Walsh         - Engineer

Status: Replacement crew, they arrived at Harrington on 10 May 1944 on orders from 8th AF Composite Command. The Jacobson crew arrived on the same orders.  As with many other crews arriving at Harrington, there were two orphans:

The latter managed an orientation ride with Lucey (MR 728) in June but both were transferred to the 487th BG at Station 137 on 2 July 1944.

Preferred Aircraft: The crew seems to have been indifferent in this regard, as the table below shows their missions for July of 1944.

Aircraft	Pilot	Date
B24D 42-72871 A	Cunningham	2
B24D 42-72871 A	Cunningham	4
B24D 42-63776 N	Cunningham	7
B24D 42-63960 J	Cunningham	8
B24D 42-40549 B	Cunningham	10
B24D 42-63960 J	Cunningham	11
B24D 42-72871 A	Cunningham	19
B24D 42-63960 J	Cunningham	20
B24D 42-63960 J	Cunningham	23
B24D 42-40985 C	Cunningham	24
B24D 42-40713 K	Cunningham	26
B24H 42-50428 O	Cunningham	28
B24H 42-50428 O	Cunningham	30
B24H 42-50428 O	Cunningham	31

Gas Haul Missions: 22Sep44 through 30Sep44

Flew only P,CP,N,RO and E, no MRs. Data from Ops Log.

Cunningham	440922	42-50428 O
Cunningham	440923	44-40300 H
Cunningham	440925	44-40300 H
Cunningham	440926	44-40300 H
Cunningham	440927	42-50428 O
Cunningham	440928	42-50428 O
Cunningham	440929	42-50428 O

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