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Key to Sortie Abbreviations

ABT - Aborted After Takeoff
CC - Combat Credit Earned
CC - Combat Credit Not Earned
CM - Completed Mission
CR - Crashed
DIT - Failed To Return, Ditched
FTR - Failed To Return
KIA - Killed In Action
LAT - Landed in Allied Territory
MIA - Missing In Action
NTO - Aircraft Did Not Take Off
RETE - Returned To Base, Attacked
RTB - Returned To Base, Did Not Attack
SCR - Aircraft Scrubbed Before Takeoff
SP-CM - Flying Spare, Completed Mission
SP-RET - Flying Spare, Returned To Base
SP-UN - Ground Spare, Unused

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384TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H) ARMY AIR FORCES STATION NO. 106

LOADING LISTS FOR MISSION #97 ON 27 April 1944

B-17F 42-3440 SU*B,P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sharff, Sampson (NMI) ⇗
CP	Baker, Charles Washington ⇗
N	Gantert, Harold Francis ⇗
B	Shaner, William Martin ⇗
RO	Snead, William Austin ⇗
TT	Gutierrez, Harry Louie ⇗
BT	Wennik, Henry Nicolas ⇗
TG	Soto, Salvador (NMI) ⇗
WG	Hamilton, Harry Tobais ⇗
WG	Horne, Alva Steen ⇗

B-17G 42-31211 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Castleman, Milton Eugene ⇗
CP	Hickey, Jack Franklin ⇗
N	Hepp, Eugene Francis ⇗
B	Merkley, Ronald Charles ⇗
RO	Schepers, Bob Eugene ⇗
TT	Swift, Kenneth Gilbert ⇗
BT	Allen, John Samuel ⇗
TG	Cook, Herbert Arno ⇗
WG	Stevens, Howard Orville ⇗
WG	Fitch, John Gilmore ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wright, James Wiley ⇗
CP	Carter, Jack Nifong ⇗
N	Stakes, Albert Garrison ⇗
B	Hendrix, Alfred Franklin ⇗
RO	Johnson, Eugene Allen ⇗
TT	Waller, Guy Ford ⇗
BT	Clements, Huel Richard ⇗
TG	Cummings, Julian Cowden ⇗
WG	Jablonski, Raymond Joseph ⇗
WG	Foster, Rayford Leo ⇗

B-17G 42-37792 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Peterson, Harold William ⇗
CP	Miller, Frederick Christian ⇗
N	Scheer, Irving ⇗
B	McDonald, Thomas Harry ⇗
RO	Campbell, Edgar Lafell ⇗
TT	Haggai, Melvin Edward ⇗
BT	Dehabey, Philip Elias ⇗
TG	Maddox, Richard Neil ⇗
WG	Belczyk, Walter Adam ⇗
WG	Fisher, Arthur Alvin ⇗

B-17G 42-37974 JD*O, SU*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hall, Barney Marcus ⇗
CP	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese ⇗
N	Rubenstein, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
B	Fitzgerald, James Edward ⇗
RO	Grieves, Bobby Vernon ⇗
TT	Floyd, Thomas Samuel ⇗
BT	Moore, Lindsay Dow ⇗
TG	Huggins, Kenneth B ⇗
WG	Reams, Russell Don ⇗
WG	Brock, Henry Reuben ⇗

B-17G 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Nuttall, Alfred Charles ⇗
P	Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland ⇗
N	Wilson, Eugene Theodore ⇗
N	Kranick, Martin Everett ⇗
B	Bonnett, Charles Daniel ⇗
RO	Doran, Francis Patrick ⇗
TT	Jarvis, Francis Harrison ⇗
BT	Neal, William (NMI) ⇗
TG	Woodard, Everett Durwood ⇗
WG	Emmons, James Vincent ⇗
WG	Cahill, William Lawrence ⇗

B-17G 42-97188 SU*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Farthing, Frank (NMI) ⇗
CP	Cole, Alfred Holton ⇗
N	Oyler, Ernest Renwick ⇗
TOG	Harper, William Lester ⇗
RO	Cicci, Joseph Leonard ⇗
TT	Biederman, Harold Leroy ⇗
BT	Engwer, Donald Leroy ⇗
TG	Clark, Alfred Albert ⇗
WG	Stevens, John Jay ⇗
WG	Graham, John Mebane ⇗

B-17G 42-97201 SO*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kelly, John Thomas ⇗
CP	Roth, Verle Leroy ⇗
N	Welsbacher, Robert Henry ⇗
B	Dotherow, Ed (NMI) ⇗
RO	Trypuc, John Vincent ⇗
TT	Cruise, James Henry ⇗
BT	Chouinard, Garnet (NMI) ⇗
TG	Budassi, Remo Guido ⇗
WG	Nichols, Melvin Allen ⇗
WG	Wray, Forrest Donald ⇗

B-17G 42-97204 SO*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Daskey, Kendall (NMI) ⇗
CP	Huber, Eldridge Hood ⇗
N	Wood, Charles Stoddart ⇗
B	Pederson, Floyd Roy ⇗
RO	Adair, Norman Ray ⇗
TT	Lenich, Francis Augustus ⇗
BT	Teetman, Leo Frank ⇗
TG	Schleuse, Robert Edward ⇗
WG	Fisk, Lloyd Glen ⇗
WG	Markiewicz, John Henry ⇗

B-17G 42-97237 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kelsay, Omar Frank ⇗
CP	Rooker, Billy Roy ⇗
N	Leverette, James Harold ⇗
B	Cohen, Joseph Meyer ⇗
RO	Krieger, Louis (NMI) ⇗
TT	Youry, Burson Harris ⇗
BT	Smith, Jack Alexander ⇗
TG	Berger, Robert Jeane ⇗
WG	Weaver, Jack Beverly ⇗
WG	Bryan, Morris Irving ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Foster, James Everett ⇗
CP	Duffy, John H ⇗
N	Vernon, Sheldon Ira ⇗
B	Ferazzi, Gabriel Ernest ⇗
RO	Corbett, Thomas Walter ⇗
TT	Birch, Frank Austin ⇗
BT	Overcash, Jimmy Lee ⇗
TG	Matthijetz, Carl Walter ⇗
WG	Cochran, Thomas Tidwell ⇗
WG	Corfield, Robert Milton ⇗
OBS	White, William McKean ⇗

B-17G 42-97263 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Brown, Donald Harold ⇗
CP	Pring, Robert Bradford ⇗
N	Potts, Russell Malcom ⇗
B	Thevenet, Charles James ⇗
RO	Jones, Raymond Brown ⇗
TT	Coleman, Robert Loftin ⇗
BT	Bretz, Edward Richard ⇗
TG	Kennedy, John Charles ⇗
WG	Wills, Charles Howard ⇗
WG	Dunn, Lawrence Warren ⇗

B-17G 42-97273 BK*F Sortie Report SP-RET CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sullivan, James Dominic ⇗
CP	Stills, James Vernon ⇗
N	Kavalkovich, William Michael ⇗
B	Rarick, Harold Linwood ⇗
RO	Stanley, Rex Elmo ⇗
TT	Fox, John Short ⇗
BT	Stitzel, Charles Edward ⇗
TG	Rogers, Stanley Postley ⇗
WG	Norton, Howard Glen ⇗
WG	Price, Harold Omas ⇗

B-17G 42-97309 JD*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pompe, Bernard Joseph ⇗
CP	Morton, Howard Raymond ⇗
N	Kane, William Francis ⇗
B	Radakovitz, Herman Andrew ⇗
RO	Williamson, Albert (NMI) ⇗
TT	Bliss, John Franklin ⇗
BT	Glotfelty, Emroy Martin ⇗
TG	Thompson, Luther Edwin ⇗
WG	Lemoine, Fritz Paul ⇗
WG	Balvin, William August ⇗

B-17G 42-97367 SO*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Coleman, Lee Browning ⇗
CP	Hale, Charles Eugene ⇗
N	Swisher, Glenn Everett ⇗
B	Morris, Arthur Joseph ⇗
RO	Richardson, William Earl ⇗
TT	Burlingame, James Wyatt ⇗
BT	Greene, Henry Tyler ⇗
TG	Asher, John Calvin ⇗
WG	Menchaca, Jose Ricardo ⇗
WG	Felicetti, Frank Dominick ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Clayton, John Earl ⇗
CP	Martin, Gregory Leon ⇗
N	Dolson, Henry James ⇗
TOG	Corpening, Robert Clark ⇗
RO	Purdy, Alan Bradford ⇗
TT	Watenpool, Jerome Francis ⇗
BT	Cameron, Francis Raymond ⇗
TG	Boydston, Elmer Dean ⇗
WG	Koscheski, Clyde Anderson ⇗
WG	Lewandowski, Thomas Michael ⇗

B-17G 42-97521 JD*H,C Sortie Report SP-RET CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Birckhead, Robert Bruce ⇗
CP	Hailey, Millie Zo ⇗
N	Hedrick, Hilary Hann ⇗
B	Marks, Sanford (NMI) ⇗
RO	Bridgeman, John Joseph ⇗
TT	Lusk, Clarence Leon ⇗
BT	Brugman, Duane Francis ⇗
TG	Fauser, Frank George ⇗
WG	Booth, George Totten ⇗
WG	Jones, John Evan ⇗

B-17G 42-97573 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Laboda, Joseph Stanley ⇗
CP	Jones, William Arch ⇗
N	McKittrick, Vernon Russell ⇗
B	Fornear, Thomas Southern ⇗
RO	Flynn, James Edward ⇗
TT	Hardtmann, Arnold John ⇗
BT	Smart, Samuel Hayes ⇗
TG	Nutt, Oliver Wayne ⇗
WG	Kalinsky, Morris (NMI) ⇗
WG	Kerr, Robert Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-102442 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Knapp, Paul Bernard ⇗
CP	Olson, Norman (NMI) ⇗
N	DeWitt, Robert Courtney ⇗
B	Knox, Robert Leo ⇗
RO	Stahl, Bruce Warren ⇗
TT	Jakway, James Allen ⇗
BT	Mason, Covert Nathan ⇗
TG	Morgan, Robert William ⇗
WG	Ruschival, Adam Charles ⇗
WG	Cates, Clay Franklin ⇗

B-17G 42-102448 JD*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh ⇗
CP	Seitz, Harold Meade ⇗
N	Wakser, Sanford Harry ⇗
TOG	LaSalle, Angelo Aloysius ⇗
RO	Peterson, George (NMI) ⇗
TT	Gist, Cecil Burt ⇗
BT	Kemak, Andrew Steven ⇗
TG	Cook, Francis DeWitt ⇗
WG	Mack, Robert John ⇗
WG	Bailey, Henry Godard ⇗

B-17G 42-107057 BK*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gottfried, Raymond Nathan ⇗
CP	Yount, Donald Laverne ⇗
N	Sell, Herman Rewellien ⇗
B	Simons, Harry (NMI) ⇗
RO	Podos, Bernard (NMI) ⇗
TT	Hagan, Eugene Thomas ⇗
BT	Hendricks, William Chalmers ⇗
TG	McCullough, Jerry Lynnell ⇗
WG	Handley, Warren Joseph ⇗
WG	Myers, Lewis Porter ⇗

B-17G 42-107074 BK*P Sortie Report SP-RET CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Strand, Robert Earl ⇗
CP	Froebel, Ronald Holcomb ⇗
N	Umstattd, James McNutt ⇗
B	Brown, Sherwood Gilbert ⇗
RO	Grosbier, Gordon Joseph ⇗
TT	D'Emilio, Nick Victor ⇗
BT	D'Amelio, Vincent Anthony ⇗
TG	Gent, Daniel Barry ⇗
WG	Cain, John Bruce ⇗
WG	Neeson, Richard Stanley ⇗

B-17G 42-107083 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnson, William T ⇗
CP	Koos, Leonard Frank ⇗
N	Brown, James Jefferson ⇗
B	Hertel, Wallace Howard ⇗
RO	Frazier, Ernest Leo ⇗
TT	Faux, Roy Sherman ⇗
BT	Houston, Samuel Vance ⇗
TG	Potempa, Walter (NMI) ⇗
WG	Harrington, Joseph Francis ⇗
WG	Breen, John Francis ⇗

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