Mission #153 Personnel Roster

K
E
Y

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

(or hover over any abbreviation)

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

LOADING LISTS FOR MISSION #153 ON 7 July 1944

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Young, Daniel Monroe ⇗
CP	Tate, Joseph Henry ⇗
N	Hicks, Clyde Jerome ⇗
B	Golden, James Alvin ⇗
RO	Davis, Roger Stanley ⇗
TT	Harrison, Richard Glenn ⇗
BT	Wallace, Olan C ⇗
TG	Ransom, George Bernard ⇗
WG	Mattia, Joseph John ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CF CC (Weather A/C)
Position	Name	Status
P	Hannaford, Vernon Lloyal ⇗

B-17G 42-37974 JD*O, SU*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Combs, William Felix ⇗
CP	MacKenzie, Hugh Douglas ⇗
N	Seals, Patton Briscoe ⇗
TOG	Benson, Olin Ray ⇗
RO	Gordon, Clifford McDaniel ⇗
TT	Owen, Lorenzo Holland ⇗
BT	Needle, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
TG	Fadda, John Stanley ⇗
WG	Flower, Merlin Lee ⇗

B-17G 42-37982 SU*K Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Durdin, Larkin Clayton ⇗
CP	Carlson, Walter Elmer ⇗
N	Mathers, John Bowers ⇗
TOG	Chanter, Robert William ⇗
RO	Ellis, Clayton John ⇗
TT	Randall, Frank Abbott ⇗
BT	Morris, Edward Paul ⇗
TG	Hammond, Ralph Clark ⇗
WG	Thulin, Theodore Clemence ⇗

B-17G 42-38013 SO*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Menke, Robert Arthur ⇗
CP	Anthony, Thomas John ⇗
N	Adelman, Efrom Milton ⇗
B	Gudowski, Frank George ⇗
RO	Sexton, William Hiram ⇗
TT	Shaputis, John Veto ⇗
BT	Elgin, Furman Walter ⇗
TG	Teller, James Alvin ⇗
WG	Stynchula, Frank Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hale, Charles Eugene ⇗
CP	Grant, Walter Edward ⇗
N	Loomis, Donald Orlando ⇗
B	Pederson, Floyd Roy ⇗
RO	Richardson, William Earl ⇗
TT	Burlingame, James Wyatt ⇗
BT	Greene, Henry Tyler ⇗
TG	Asher, John Calvin ⇗
WG	Menchaca, Jose Ricardo ⇗

B-17G 42-97142 BK*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Melsen, Howard Carl ⇗
CP	Gekakis, Anthony ⇗
N	Twomey, Jeremiah (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Neeson, Richard Stanley ⇗
RO	Cicci, Joseph Leonard ⇗
TT	Barnett, Gene Henry ⇗
BT	D'Amelio, Vincent Anthony ⇗
TG	Gent, Daniel Barry ⇗
WG	Cain, John Bruce ⇗

B-17G 42-97201 SO*J Sortie Report SP-RET CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Coleman, Lee Browning ⇗
CP	Mulvehill, Edmund Whelan ⇗
N	Cohen, Joseph Meyer ⇗
TOG	Radde, Gerhardt Carl ⇗
RO	Van Natter, William Burton ⇗
TT	Radtke, Hilbert Robert ⇗
BT	Irwin, Robert Tait ⇗
TG	Malone, George Martin ⇗
WG	Simeone, Frank Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-97237 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Brown, Billie Barnard ⇗
CP	Cornair, Russell John ⇗
N	Greenberg, Marvin (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Sullivan, Robert Francis ⇗
RO	Owens, Norris Reece ⇗
TT	Bingaman, Jack William ⇗
BT	Fernquist, Kenneth Irvin ⇗
TG	Thomas, Paul Nolan ⇗
WG	Baird, James Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rosborough, James Edward ⇗
CP	Matlack, Vincent DePaul ⇗
N	Saslow, Seymour Gerald ⇗
TOG	Steorts, Hubert (NMI) ⇗
RO	Ford, Howard Emerson ⇗
TT	Bedsted, Lee Roy ⇗
BT	Gerhold, Melvin Henry ⇗
TG	Raines, Louis Edward ⇗
WG	Brecht, Victor Douglas ⇗

B-17G 42-97271 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Seitz, Harold Meade ⇗
CP	Cadwallader, Donald James ⇗
N	Gay, Harry Franklyn ⇗
TOG	Mack, Robert John ⇗
RO	Wasserman, Joseph Jacob ⇗
TT	Gist, Cecil Burt ⇗
BT	Aden, Raymond (NMI) ⇗
TG	Cook, Francis DeWitt ⇗
WG	Briones, Leon Humberto ⇗

B-17G 42-97273 BK*F Sortie Report CMBO CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent ⇗
CP	Vaden, Kenneth Underwood ⇗
N	Cheresnik, Edward John ⇗
B	Wolf, Charles Elmer ⇗
RO	Neyer, Ralph Richard ⇗
TT	Brooker, Cameron Hutchison ⇗
BT	Browne, Erle Royden ⇗
TG	Kidwell, Hugh Thomas ⇗	POW
WG	Sullivan, John Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-97367 SO*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sweeney, Ned Hardy ⇗
CP	Bennett, John R ⇗
N	Culligan, Clarence Sylvester ⇗
TOG	Snyder, Clifford Leroy ⇗
RO	Merritt, Roy David ⇗
TT	Errett, Kennedy Craig ⇗
BT	Mosher, William Martin ⇗
TG	Gibbon, Robert William ⇗
WG	Marzola, John Anthony ⇗

B-17G 42-97449 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Griggs, Frederick Monroe ⇗
CP	Neville, Harry Walter ⇗
N	Hobdey, Cecil Delwin ⇗
B	Denton, Horace Bruce ⇗
RO	Lay, Obert Merle ⇗
TT	DeLauri, Angelo (NMI) ⇗
BT	Kania, Stanley Joseph ⇗
TG	Olson, Robert Woodrow ⇗
WG	Harper, Jack Rollin ⇗

B-17G 42-97521 JD*H,C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Melzar, Raymond Augustus ⇗
CP	Gonyon, Thomas Richard ⇗
N	Borgia, Joseph Francis ⇗
TOG	Ross, Ralph Kessler ⇗
RO	Sherriff, Albert Keith ⇗
TT	Ronquist, Reuben Jacob ⇗
BT	Walker, Charles Junior ⇗
TG	Wilson, Clarence Eugene ⇗
WG	Broussard, Joseph Ellis ⇗

B-17G 42-97941 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Pompe, Bernard Joseph ⇗
P	Dean, Ralph Merrick ⇗
N	Sandrow, Harry Jack ⇗
B	Burcham, Eugene Emmons ⇗
RO	Geriak, John (NMI) ⇗
TT	Oehlkers, Walter (NMI) ⇗
BT	Davis, Lionel Gordon ⇗
TG	Swan, John Loyal ⇗
WG	Sylvester, Carlton John ⇗
WG	Wiley, Roger Carroll ⇗

B-17G 42-97948 BK*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gibson, James Allen ⇗
CP	Preller, Robert Henry ⇗
N	O'Neill, John Patrick ⇗
TOG	Pattillo, William James ⇗
RO	Algase, Max Louis ⇗
TT	Bowers, Henry Melvin ⇗
BT	Chapmon, William Theodore ⇗
TG	Kennemer, Frank Winifred ⇗
WG	Gilmore, James Karry ⇗

B-17G 42-97960 SO*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Wortman, Marshall (NMI) ⇗
P	Shelley, John Keith ⇗
N	Elias, George (NMI) ⇗
B	Marquardt, George Marvin ⇗
RO	Sapolin, Morton (NMI) ⇗
TT	Frisbee, Joseph Selvyn ⇗
BT	Saunders, Rufus Milton ⇗
TG	McCartney, James Thomas ⇗
WG	Flannery, Wade Henderson ⇗
WG	Whittington, Dee W ⇗

B-17G 42-102430 JD*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Herzog, John Henry ⇗
CP	Sweeney, James Edmond ⇗
N	Rubin, Frederic Edward ⇗
B	Sienkiewicz, Henry Chester ⇗
RO	Hubner, James William ⇗
TT	Bardue, Theodore Roosevelt ⇗
BT	Brown, Robert Frank ⇗
TG	Wagner, Robert Wiliam ⇗
WG	Carroll, Eldon Douglas ⇗

B-17G 42-102442 JD*J Sortie Report CR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Anderson, Earl Overlade ⇗	KIA
CP	Shreve, Walter Eugene ⇗	KIA
N	Hartnig, Carl (NMI) ⇗	KIA
TOG	O'Leary, William Louis ⇗	KIA
RO	Sherman, John Dewey ⇗	KIA
TT	Lloyd, Wilmer Leroy ⇗	KIA
BT	Noland, Neal William ⇗	KIA
TG	Hinshaw, Glenn Samuel ⇗	Bailed Out Over England
WG	Evans, Homer Joseph ⇗	KIA

B-17G 42-102500 BK*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gowder, Charles Fred ⇗
CP	Thompson, Willard Hayes ⇗
N	Blackburn, Rexford Maynard ⇗
TOG	Hosmer, Richard Clyde ⇗
RO	Barnes, Francis Eugene ⇗
TT	Beaugh, George (NMI) ⇗
BT	Sacco, Salvatore R ⇗
TG	Williamson, James Edward ⇗
WG	Leber, Richard Edward ⇗

B-17G 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Endelicato, Marion (NMI) ⇗
CP	Lippert, John Joseph ⇗
N	Wehrman, James Butler ⇗
TOG	Brown, Steve (NMI) ⇗
RO	Marchini, Orland Victor ⇗
TT	Brazeal, Garnett Harold ⇗
BT	Bugaj, Steve (NMI) ⇗
TG	Leonard, Clifford (NMI) ⇗
WG	Clark, Dale Arthur ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Olson, Norman (NMI) ⇗
CP	Hailey, Millie Zo ⇗
N	Pratt, Frederick Willis ⇗
TOG	Phillips, Carlton Vernon ⇗
RO	Jelmberg, George Olof ⇗
TT	Darling, Gale Lewis ⇗
BT	Wood, David Albert ⇗
TG	Doohan, Hugh Anthony ⇗
WG	D'Amico, Mario Gabriel ⇗

B-17G 42-102566 JD*M Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Minor, Henry W ⇗
CP	Mayner, John Robert ⇗
N	Uriwal, Alfons Francis ⇗
B	Gray, William Emery ⇗
RO	Barth, Raymond Ernest ⇗
TT	Darby, Phillip Storey ⇗
BT	Marmozewicz, Joseph J ⇗
TG	Carter, James Kane ⇗
WG	Guider, Robert Harwood ⇗

B-17G 42-102601 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carey, Gates Chapman ⇗
CP	Bealer, John Levi ⇗
N	Brooks, James Joseph ⇗
TOG	Hedrick, Melvin Leroy ⇗
RO	Jordan, Theodore Joseph ⇗
TT	Vidrine, Wayne Francis ⇗
BT	Costello, Kenneth Harold ⇗
TG	Pettit, Frank Michael ⇗
WG	Robinson, Beauregard James ⇗

B-17G 42-102617 SU*T Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Allred, Frank Lavon ⇗
CP	Reed, William Marcus ⇗
N	O'Sullivan, Timothy James ⇗
TOG	Leschak, Nickolas ⇗
RO	Drury, Eldon Boyd ⇗
TT	Lien, Oliver Malvin ⇗
BT	Mitchell, Robert McKinley ⇗
TG	Hunt, Virgil Dowell ⇗
WG	Redcay, Carl Harry ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Stills, James Vernon ⇗
CP	Strand, Robert Earl ⇗
N	Marttila, Walter Konstantin ⇗
B	Mickle, Don Albert ⇗
RO	Zinninger, William Maynard ⇗
TT	Ticknor, Edward Charles ⇗
BT	Connolly, William Edward ⇗
TG	Tucker, Clifton Roland ⇗
WG	Brown, Oakley Wayne ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Strong, Bert Franklin ⇗
CP	Johnson, Edward Harold ⇗
N	Ferguson, Donald Louis ⇗
TOG	Croll, George Albert ⇗
RO	Guettel, Marvin Alfred ⇗
TT	Davis, Lester Levi ⇗
BT	Williams, Walter Bruce ⇗
TG	Philbin, Thomas Patrick ⇗
WG	Riggio, Steve (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-102959 SU*D Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Thompson, Paul Waldron ⇗
CP	Patella, Joseph David ⇗
N	Norwitz, Gerson (NMI) ⇗
B	Rafeld, Richard Eugene ⇗
RO	Hudson, Harold Edgar ⇗
TT	Stensby, Erling John ⇗
BT	French, Lorin Leroy ⇗
TG	Hammer, Loyd Lee ⇗
WG	Dvorak, Frank Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-107083 BK*B Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Myrick, Kenneth Delay ⇗
CP	Barnett, William Alexander ⇗
N	Williams, Samuel Brown ⇗
B	McCool, John Clark ⇗
RO	Malone, Joseph Walter ⇗
TT	Johnson, Donald E ⇗
BT	Turner, William Eugene ⇗
TG	Brooks, Donald Lee ⇗
WG	Burns, Robert (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-107121 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Blackburn, Keith Monroe ⇗
CP	McNamara, John Gordon ⇗
N	Swisher, Glenn Everett ⇗
TOG	Kalinowski, Carl Martin ⇗
RO	Wardell, Raymond Arthur ⇗
TT	Keith, William Bernie ⇗
BT	Loya, Antonio (NMI) ⇗
TG	McBride, Charles Eugene ⇗
WG	Dunn, Lawrence Warren ⇗

B-17G 42-107148 JD*P Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Burkhard, James Albert ⇗
CP	Hunt, Harold Wesley ⇗
N	Kranick, Martin Everett ⇗
B	Rosenblum, Martin Philip ⇗
RO	Reynolds, James Warren ⇗
TT	Wohlrab, Charles William ⇗
BT	DeLago, Angelo Ralph ⇗
TG	Seibert, Martin Bruce ⇗
WG	Anderson, Frank Edward ⇗

B-17G 42-107224 SU*Q Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cole, Alfred Holton ⇗
CP	Seidlein, George Harold ⇗
N	Simons, Harry (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Floyd, Lewis Wardlaw ⇗
RO	Gallagher, Hugh Joseph ⇗
TT	Cheslow, Morris (NMI) ⇗
BT	Ragsdale, Boyce J T ⇗
TG	Arenas, Jess Presciliano ⇗
WG	Marshall, Charles (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius ⇗
CP	Shwery, Arthur John ⇗
N	Schmidtke, George Emory ⇗
TOG	Snyder, Henry Franklin ⇗
RO	Gore, Oscar Nathan ⇗
TT	Grindell, Robert Dennis ⇗
BT	Adams, George Alvan ⇗
TG	Nielsen, Erling (NMI) ⇗
WG	Tallmon, Raymond Dale ⇗

B-17G 43-37713 BK*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sullivan, James Dominic ⇗
CP	Butler, John William ⇗
N	Kavalkovich, William Michael ⇗
TOG	Stitzel, Charles Edward ⇗
RO	Stanley, Rex Elmo ⇗
TT	Fox, John Short ⇗
BT	Price, Harold Omas ⇗
TG	Allen, Wallace Frank ⇗
WG	Norton, Howard Glen ⇗

B-17G 43-37717 JD*S Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Norton, Paul E ⇗
CP	Perchik, Simon (NMI) ⇗
N	Lezenby, John Wallace ⇗
TOG	Bigley, Clarence Charles ⇗
RO	Vallo, Lawrence Jonathan ⇗
TT	Guinn, Carl Bennett ⇗
BT	Noble, Lester Lee ⇗
TG	Bregant, John James ⇗
WG	Everitt, Thomas Bruce ⇗

B-17G 44-6105 SO*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Dudock, Edward Peter ⇗
CP	Nicholson, Gilbert Orin ⇗
N	Thevenet, Charles James ⇗
TOG	Armentrout, Elvin Jahune ⇗
RO	Kaessner, Howard Lee ⇗
TT	Mettler, Jesse Wayne ⇗
BT	Carr, Edward Joseph ⇗
TG	Liebmann, David Peter ⇗
WG	Thompson, Bruce Roy ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Adams, William Lowell ⇗
CP	McGee, Leonard Vincent ⇗
N	Radakovitz, Herman Andrew ⇗
TOG	Balvin, William August ⇗
RO	Rockdaschel, Robert Charles ⇗
TT	Vickers, Charles Dunnington ⇗
BT	Sutherland, Robert Kenneth ⇗
TG	Sandoval, Andres (NMI) ⇗
WG	Ruspoli, Frank Anthony ⇗

B-17G 44-6141 SU*F Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	James, Robert Huey ⇗
CP	Rochette, Harold Irving ⇗
N	Bronstein, David (NMI) ⇗
B	Stearns, Robert Sumner ⇗
RO	Brown, Joe Erwin ⇗
TT	Shay, James William ⇗
BT	Smith, Herman Eugene ⇗
TG	Kew, John Harry ⇗
WG	Cassidy, Michael Joseph ⇗

B-17G 44-6147 JD*U Sortie Report CR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bagby, Donald Woods ⇗	Bailed Out Over England
CP	Morton, Howard Raymond ⇗	Bailed Out Over England
N	Davis, Gerald Paul ⇗	KIA
TOG	Niemann, Carl (NMI) ⇗	KIA
RO	Day, Dean Willy ⇗	Bailed Out Over England
TT	Huff, Jack Dyer ⇗	KIA
BT	Pawlowski, Raymond (NMI) ⇗	KIA
TG	O'Neal, Cecil Cash ⇗	KIA
WG	Allison, Arthur Ellsworth ⇗	KIA

B-17G 44-6149 SO*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bahten, John Irwin ⇗
CP	Sine, George Henning ⇗
N	Cohn, Herbert Jay ⇗
TOG	Jarreau, Lloyd Joseph ⇗
RO	Biancalana, Mario Joseph ⇗
TT	Santa Maria, Luis (NMI) ⇗
BT	Higbie, Franklyn Henry ⇗
TG	McCullough, Robert Eugene ⇗
WG	Eager, Robert Duane ⇗

"KEEP THE SHOW ON THE ROAD"

Please direct all correspondence to: Webmaster@384thBombGroup.com

JOIN OUR 384TH FACEBOOK GROUPS
384TH BOMB GROUP HERITAGE ASSOCIATION	384TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP MUSEUM	RAF GRAFTON UNDERWOOD'S WW2 MEMORIES

For best operation of this site, enable popup windows for domain 384thbombgroup.com

Site design and content © 1999-2026 by 384th Bomb Group, Inc., d/b/a 384th Bomb Group Heritage Association
384th Bomb Group, Inc, an Ohio corporation, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, EIN 23-7034975.

This page last modified: 14 October 2021.