Mission #173 Personnel Roster

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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 #173 ON 5 August 1944

B-17G 42-31222 BK*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent ⇗
CP	Vaden, Kenneth Underwood ⇗
N	Brooks, James Joseph ⇗
B	Wolf, Charles Elmer ⇗
RO	Neyer, Ralph Richard ⇗
TT	Brooker, Cameron Hutchison ⇗
BT	Browne, Erle Royden ⇗
TG	Hosmer, Richard Clyde ⇗
WG	Sunshine, Morris Hyman ⇗
WG	Johnson, Donald E ⇗

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McDaniel, Clifford Franklin ⇗
CP	Rex, Kenneth Monroe ⇗
N	Sturgess, James Alfred ⇗
TOG	Boothe, Royden Alfred ⇗
RO	Cassidy, Joseph Patrick ⇗
TT	Taylor, Raymond Leondis ⇗
BT	Carr, Donald Ralph ⇗
TG	Becerra, Richard Joe ⇗
WG	Stoner, Harper Sylvester ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report SP-RET CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rainey, Harry Wesley ⇗
CP	Rowe, J Z (IO) ⇗
N	Francis, Charles Dean ⇗
B	Kendall, Walter Selium ⇗
RO	Sturdivant, Donald Barrett ⇗
TT	Evans, Jack Clifton ⇗
BT	Knowlton, Alfred Bachelor ⇗
TG	Mosier, Richard Nelson ⇗
WG	Gordon, Norman Hirsch ⇗
WG	Thornhill, John Grover ⇗

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C Sortie Report SP-RET CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hughes, Robert Davis ⇗
CP	Evans, Hugh Legar ⇗
N	Rasmussen, John Christian ⇗
B	Gabriel, Joseph Albert ⇗
RO	Klanke, Edward Franklin ⇗
TT	Burns, Arlington (NMI) ⇗
BT	Bellovary, John Joseph ⇗
TG	Russell, Lester Hebran ⇗
WG	Erich, Milton Benjamin ⇗

B-17G 42-37982 SU*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Shwery, Arthur John ⇗	Wounded
CP	Buslee, John Oliver ⇗
N	Rybarczyk, Chester Anthony ⇗	Wounded
B	Fryden, Marvin (NMI) ⇗	KIA
RO	Peluso, Sebastiano Joseph ⇗
TT	Seeley, Clarence Burdell ⇗	Seriously Wounded
BT	Foster, Erwin Vernon ⇗
TG	Lucynski, Eugene Daniel ⇗
WG	Farrar, George Edwin ⇗	Wounded

B-17G 42-38013 SO*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Skehan, Joseph Lynne ⇗
CP	Heubner, Emil Junior ⇗
N	Hannaford, Gordon Coyle ⇗
B	Cameron, William Roy ⇗
RO	Dufur, William Sargent ⇗
TT	Klien, William Martin ⇗
BT	Adameit, Robert Carl ⇗
TG	Knight, Amon Lamar ⇗
WG	Mess, Richard Carl ⇗
WG	Stanek, Robert Brice ⇗

B-17G 42-38014 BK*G Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hanlon, Ernest Edward ⇗
CP	Vallere, Harold Thomas ⇗
N	Richert, Clarendon George ⇗
B	Simons, Maurice Joseph ⇗
RO	McCarthy, Eugene (NMI) ⇗
TT	Blasingame, Willis Anderson ⇗
BT	Titell, Jacques (NMI) ⇗
TG	Campbell, Dorian Lewis ⇗
WG	Brennan, James Joseph ⇗
WG	Shukaitis, George Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-97150 SO*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred ⇗
CP	Frederick, Edwin Bernard ⇗
N	Stockman, William Alexander ⇗
B	Zanin, Anthony John ⇗
RO	Crowell, Hollis Henry ⇗
TT	Ballenger, John Sidney ⇗
BT	Storm, Delbert (NMI) ⇗
TG	Wilson, August Frederick ⇗
WG	Foster, Garnet Eugene ⇗
WG	Orth, Alvin Wilson ⇗

B-17G 42-97204 SO*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Soester, Wilbur Leroy ⇗
CP	Brown, Bert Oliver ⇗
N	Schold, George Bertie ⇗
TOG	Supernowicz, Edward Joseph ⇗
RO	Wilhelm, Robert Frederick ⇗
TT	Pavlos, Nickolas Manuel ⇗
BT	Schmeller, Thomas Raymond ⇗
TG	Kelsey, Donald Edward ⇗
WG	Norstrom, John Julius ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tracy, Edward Hanks ⇗
CP	Hancock, Harry Carleton ⇗
N	Sheppard, Ralph Bartlett ⇗
B	Vlaun, Richard Joseph ⇗
RO	Hopkins, Robert Lee ⇗
TT	Veal, Connally Hammond ⇗
BT	Powell, Fredrick Howard ⇗
TG	Balacek, Richard William ⇗
WG	Anderson, Emmitt Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-97263 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bills, Edgar L ⇗
CP	Weideman, Dennis Archie ⇗
N	Gronemeyer, Lyle Jacob ⇗
B	Arnold, Vern L ⇗
RO	Potts, Raymond Louis ⇗
TT	Miller, LuVerne Frank ⇗
BT	Iorio, William Louis ⇗
TG	Mauck, Keith Wilbur ⇗
WG	Murray, John Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-97282 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Patella, Joseph David ⇗
CP	Perchik, Simon (NMI) ⇗
N	Simons, Harry (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 42-97320 SU*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Groff, Richard Hubert ⇗
CP	Smith, James Milton ⇗
N	Galloway, Leonard (NMI) ⇗
B	Gilliam, Charles Lamb ⇗
RO	Ludvik, Antone Francis ⇗
TT	Mauldin, Malcolm Argyle ⇗
BT	Shufelt, Leigh Warren ⇗
TG	Yelinich, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Walsh, James Aloysius ⇗

B-17G 42-97699 JD*V Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Buck, William Edward ⇗
P	Kelsay, Omar Frank ⇗
N	Elias, George (NMI) ⇗
N	Daniel, William Abbott ⇗
N	Newcomb, Robert D ⇗
B	Palazzo, Anthony (NMI) ⇗
RO	Grosbier, Gordon Joseph ⇗
TT	Youry, Burson Harris ⇗
TG	Gudowski, Frank George ⇗
WG	Snyder, Clifford Leroy ⇗
WG	Bryan, Morris Irving ⇗

B-17G 42-97941 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bean, Arthur E ⇗
P	Morris, Gordon (NMI) ⇗
N	Uriwal, Alfons Francis ⇗
N	Rubin, Frederic Edward ⇗
B	Swanson, Kenneth John ⇗
RO	Gray, James Ronald ⇗
TT	Bliss, John Franklin ⇗
BT	Glotfelty, Emroy Martin ⇗
TG	Stimac, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Lemoine, Fritz Paul ⇗
WG	Thompson, Luther Edwin ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Norton, Paul E ⇗
CP	Albrecht, David Franklin ⇗
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 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Clements, Ben Hill ⇗
CP	Duesler, Donald Barton ⇗
N	Barion, Chester Vincent ⇗
TOG	Steorts, Hubert (NMI) ⇗
RO	Kramer, Marvin Arthur ⇗
TT	Susan, John (NMI) ⇗
BT	Gillespie, Keith Wendell ⇗
TG	Fullerton, Charles Frederick ⇗
WG	McGuire, James Francis ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kinnaird, William Robert ⇗
CP	O'Donnell, Phillip John ⇗
N	Sharp, Paul Howard ⇗
B	Hannan, John Michael ⇗
RO	Schwartzly, Anthony Joseph ⇗
TT	McGee, Earl Thomas ⇗
BT	Henderson, Clinton Lee ⇗
TG	Keefe, William (NMI) ⇗
WG	Freitas, Lawrence Ernest ⇗

B-17G 42-102566 JD*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wood, Rodney J ⇗
CP	Sczygiel, Frank Adam ⇗
N	Richardson, Frederick Madison ⇗
B	Pommering, Robert Frank ⇗
RO	Skibinski, James Thomas ⇗
TT	Barbalish, John George ⇗
BT	Bretz, Clifford Thomas ⇗
TG	Seyler, Irvin Joseph ⇗
WG	O'Neill, Michael John ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cline, Walter William ⇗
CP	Johnson, Donald Ernest ⇗
N	McCaffrey, William Henry ⇗
B	Chadwick, Ronald H ⇗
RO	Lee, Van (NMI) ⇗
TT	Fisher, Darwin Edward ⇗
BT	Hawkins, Otis Dwight ⇗
TG	McCreery, Robert Glenn ⇗
WG	Sterr, Robert Edward ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Sammons, Gerald Busby ⇗
P	Allred, Frank Lavon ⇗
N	O'Sullivan, Timothy James ⇗
B	Wiley, Ralph Edward ⇗
RO	Morlan, Emil Clayton ⇗
TT	Berg, Clifford George ⇗
BT	Smith, Herman Eugene ⇗
TG	La Chine, Lloyd Earl ⇗
WG	Monteith, Richard Taylor ⇗

B-17G 42-102959 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Thompson, Paul Waldron ⇗
CP	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius ⇗
N	Schmitzer, William James ⇗
TOG	Snyder, Henry Franklin ⇗
RO	Gore, Oscar Nathan ⇗
TT	Grindell, Robert Dennis ⇗
BT	Witherspoon, Elmer Stanley ⇗
TG	Nielsen, Erling (NMI) ⇗
WG	Tallmon, Raymond Dale ⇗

B-17G 42-107058 BK*C Sortie Report CMBO CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mead, Frank Willard ⇗
CP	Daniel, Thomas Cogswell ⇗
N	Bryson, Jerry Russell ⇗
TOG	Dillon, Howard Arthur ⇗
RO	Vennel, Alexander Joseph ⇗	POW
TT	Joyce, Robert Oliver ⇗	POW
BT	Treat, John Afton ⇗	POW
	Castiglione, Vincent Joseph ⇗	POW/Wounded
WG	Woods, Harold Leroy ⇗	POW

B-17G 42-107083 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Peterson, John Wright ⇗
CP	McClelland, Robert Cornelius ⇗
N	Toler, Charles Frederick ⇗
B	Maddock, Walter James ⇗
RO	Hamlett, Lloyd G ⇗
TT	Wick, Andrew Oliver ⇗
BT	Peckerar, Irvin Milton ⇗
TG	Lentz, Kenneth Melvin ⇗
WG	Rabe, William Arthur ⇗

B-17G 42-107121 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hassing, Eugene Theron ⇗
CP	McDaniel, Earl Clark ⇗
N	Pougiales, George Francis ⇗
B	Reeder, James Louis ⇗
RO	Williams, David H ⇗
TT	Wiggin, George Owen ⇗
BT	Sullivan, Robert James ⇗
TG	Peterson, William Junior ⇗
WG	Head, Robert Laverne ⇗

B-17G 42-107125 JD*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Herzog, John Henry ⇗
CP	Brodie, James Joseph ⇗
N	Konopatzki, Robert Wallace ⇗
B	Simmons, Clifford James ⇗
RO	Lafferty, Cornelius Michael ⇗
TT	Bauer, Henry (NMI) ⇗
BT	Brown, Robert Frank ⇗
TG	Euting, Carl Richard ⇗
WG	Goresh, Andrew (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Dodson, Lee White ⇗
CP	Proctor, John Richard ⇗
N	Gary, Joseph Shirley ⇗
B	McClure, Oscar Milton ⇗
RO	Nieters, George Henry ⇗
TT	Schulz, Russell Lloyd ⇗
BT	Fox, Fred Calvin ⇗
TG	Northrup, Robert Louis ⇗
WG	Luciano, Fred Joseph ⇗

B-17G 43-37713 BK*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Davis, L K (IO) ⇗
CP	Causa, Raymond (NMI) ⇗
N	Stutman, William Nathaniel ⇗
B	Fitzpatrick, James Leo ⇗
RO	Finley, Carl Eugene ⇗
TT	Sandidge, Robert Magnus ⇗
BT	Romeo, Reno (NMI) ⇗
TG	Kaloc, Edward Thomas ⇗
WG	Chacho, Albert John ⇗

B-17G 43-37717 JD*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wismer, Richard Glen ⇗
CP	Fletcher, Graydon James ⇗
N	Kelley, Darwin Thomas ⇗
B	Abrusci, Lorenzo V (IO) ⇗
RO	Bussey, Harold Lewis ⇗
TT	Schoebel, John Edward ⇗
BT	Lewis, David Bradford ⇗
TG	Cogan, Joseph Dean ⇗	Wounded
WG	Leibel, William Joseph ⇗

B-17G 43-37822 SU*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Strong, Bert Franklin ⇗
CP	Johnson, Edward Harold ⇗
N	Norwitz, Gerson (NMI) ⇗
B	Walton, Daniel Alton ⇗
RO	Guettel, Marvin Alfred ⇗
TT	Davis, Lester Levi ⇗
BT	Williams, Walter Bruce ⇗
TG	Croll, George Albert ⇗
WG	Riggio, Steve (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bean, Donald Wesley ⇗
CP	Peterson, Harlan Dale ⇗
N	Jones, Albert Eugene ⇗
B	Frazier, William Edward ⇗
RO	Albro, Paul Willard ⇗
TT	Nastick, Henry Pete ⇗
BT	Casper, Delmar Rulon ⇗
TG	Gordon, Omar Leslie ⇗
WG	Steinberg, William Herman ⇗
WG	Benefiel, Orville Eugene ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Donald Francis ⇗
CP	Weisenberg, Leonard NMI ⇗
N	Harrison, Arthur Seymour ⇗
B	Saunders, James Bernard ⇗
RO	Flatt, James Edward ⇗
TT	Bianca, Buddy Armand ⇗
BT	Claxon, Ernest Haydon ⇗
TG	Emberlin, Jessie Lee ⇗
WG	Coburn, Ellsworth Gorden ⇗

B-17G 43-37990 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Parker, George Frederick ⇗
CP	Adams, John David ⇗
N	Cavanaugh, William Daniel ⇗
B	Cresto, John Anthony ⇗
RO	Webb, John Clyde ⇗
TT	Fugate, Roger (NMI) ⇗
BT	McNeff, Charles Leo ⇗
TG	Stamm, Hiram Walton ⇗
WG	Grabow, Carl Arthur ⇗

B-17G 44-6080 SO*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mock, John Montague ⇗
CP	Milne, Alexander Dallas ⇗
N	Allen, Arthur Everett ⇗
B	Puchalski, Walter Francis ⇗
RO	Sweeney, Robert Emmet ⇗
TT	Patrizio, Angelo Adam ⇗
BT	Price, Wilford Maurice ⇗
TG	Grubbs, Wilmer Harold ⇗
WG	Poulos, William Toney ⇗
WG	Scott, James Henry ⇗

B-17G 44-6105 SO*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Plowman, Noel Elwin ⇗
CP	Ferguson, Lawrence Winston ⇗
N	Pommer, Edwin Bernard ⇗
B	Hart, Carl Johnston ⇗
RO	Maxa, Gordon Raymond ⇗
TT	Cameron, Robert Allen ⇗
BT	Oliva, Armando (NMI) ⇗
TG	Grams, Melvin Joseph ⇗
WG	Anderson, Frank Julius ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kass, Robert Hiler ⇗
CP	Swan, John Loyal ⇗
N	Radakovitz, Herman Andrew ⇗
B	Adorni, Roy Francis ⇗
RO	Brown, James Paul ⇗
TT	Chambers, James Melvin ⇗
BT	Sutphin, Richard Eugene ⇗
TG	Meyers, Stanley (NMI) ⇗
WG	Briones, Leon Humberto ⇗

B-17G 44-6135 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Maxey, Jesse Edward ⇗
CP	Gallenkamp, Thomas Edward ⇗
N	Haas, Jack Irvin ⇗
B	Hogan, David Hiram ⇗
RO	Bombino, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
TT	Poulton, Robert Harry ⇗
BT	Simmons, Thomas Howard ⇗
TG	Sloulin, Lawrence Gilbert ⇗
WG	Wilde, Albert George ⇗

B-17G 44-6141 SU*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Toler, Harold Morton ⇗
CP	Wehrheim, Francis Walter ⇗
N	Henson, William Alvin ⇗
TOG	Marshall, Charles (NMI) ⇗
RO	Cornelius, Harold Marvin ⇗
TT	Lioy, Gene Angelo ⇗
BT	Quackenbush, John Parker ⇗
TG	Moran, Richard David ⇗
WG	Blaker, Bernard (NMI) ⇗

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