Seeking roster of soldiers participating in Casey Jones Project

Diane,

I did find an Officers roster listing for the 306th and he was listed under the 367th Bomb Squadron this is a roster for the Group and  not a roster for the "Casey Jones Project" I can tell you he is on the roster but cannot attach a PDF file here would have to email you directly. It looks like he was in this group from Jan 1945- Nov 1945 conducting 31 tours during that time.

When the war ended the Eighth Air Force was disbanded and moved back to the

United States for redeployment to the Pacific theater. Three or more bomb groups remained in England

and became assigned to The Casey Jones project-- aerial mapping Germany, Iceland, and N. Africa. The planes were modified by removing all armament and outfitted with a K/20 camera mounted in the radio room. One group was

the 305th flying the F model B-17 and bearing the tail insignia Triangle/G. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007055473

The aerial photos are for Casey Jones, after spending decades with the AMS were transferred to the National Archives, currently located in College Park, Maryland. The photos are available for research. They are also currently in the process of being digitized in a very long term project. Any questions, contact the Cartographic unit at the National Archives at: Carto@nara.gov

For access to what has been digitized so far, contact the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP), the agency digitizing NARA’s aerial photographic collection. Their website is: https://ncap.org.uk/

Hope this helps,

Elliot Schneider

Diane,

This is not the William R. Neilson you are looking for found additional information in my officer records. Shows were he was born and the date.

Dear Ms. Schwaighofer,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog for any records relating to Project Casey Jones and located 1 file unit titled 1265) Casey Project, Camp Claiborne located in the series titled Washington Headquarters Files, 1942-1946 in the Records of the Office of Strategic Services (Record Group 226). For access to these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to guidance received from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NARA has adjusted its normal operations to balance the need of completing its mission-critical work while also adhering to the recommended social distancing for the safety of NARA staff. As a result of this re-prioritization of activities, you may experience a delay in receiving an initial acknowledgement as well as a substantive response to your reference request from various NARA reference units including RDT2. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience.

Also, you may want to review a publication titled Project “Casey Jones” 1945-1946. Post-Hostilities Aerial Mapping; Iceland, Europe, North Africa, June 1945-December 1946 prepared by Robert J. Boyd available digitally on the Hathi Trust Digital Library’s website as it might contain information of relevance to your research.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!