Mission #179 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 #179 ON 13 August 1944

B-17G 42-31222 BK*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Brookshire, James D ⇗
CP	Rummel, Brian Dunn ⇗
N	Mechanick, Harold (NMI) ⇗
B	Kennedy, Jack Edward ⇗
RO	Alexander, Arthur Walton ⇗
TT	Rivers, Arthur Raymond ⇗
BT	Hess, Frank (NMI) ⇗
TG	Hiner, William Max ⇗
WG	Buersmeyer, Sylvanus Reginald ⇗

B-17G 42-31484 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McDaniel, Clifford Franklin ⇗
CP	Rex, Kenneth Monroe ⇗
N	Sturgess, James Alfred ⇗
B	Mass, Henry Carmy ⇗
RO	Cassidy, Joseph Patrick ⇗
TT	Taylor, Raymond Leondis ⇗
BT	Carr, Donald Ralph ⇗
TG	Becerra, Richard Joe ⇗
WG	Brzeski, Anthony L ⇗

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Peters, Lloyd Arman ⇗
CP	Rose, Gerald Dale ⇗
N	Simpson, Hubert Daniel ⇗
TOG	Phillips, Carlton Vernon ⇗
RO	Covell, Charles Francis ⇗
TT	Hornack, William Paul ⇗
BT	Ketchledge, Edward (NMI) ⇗
TG	Bridget, John Harold ⇗
WG	Hatfield, Lowell Charles ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report SP-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 42-38013 SO*C 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	Conlon, Jack Dempsey ⇗
WG	Murray, John Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-39888 SU*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hepler, Wilbur David ⇗
CP	Powell, Joseph Donald ⇗
N	Mason, James Robert ⇗
B	Reed, Ira Ottinger ⇗
RO	Way, James Leon ⇗
TT	Hord, Jack O'Mahor ⇗
BT	Smith, Herman Eugene ⇗
TG	Andrews, James Lee ⇗
WG	Daniel, Paul Fitzgerald ⇗

B-17G 42-97142 BK*N 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 ⇗
WG	Shukaitis, George Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-97204 SO*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Majeske, Charles Paul ⇗
CP	Volpini, Henry Andrew ⇗
N	Keeney, John Gerard ⇗
B	Young, Stanley Harris ⇗
RO	Majeske, Earl Clifford ⇗
TT	Meche, Clovis Raoul ⇗
BT	Shuck, Emmett Eugene ⇗
TG	Warfield, Euclid Marion ⇗
WG	Steele, Everett Elden ⇗
WG	Cox, Gail Byron ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report 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	Surowiec, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
WG	Vallone, Frank Philip ⇗

B-17G 42-97263 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rowe, George B ⇗
CP	Bakkom, Clifford Norris ⇗
N	Gullekson, Leslie Curtis ⇗
B	McDaniel, Oscar Kenneth ⇗
RO	Powell, Leslie Clifford ⇗
TT	Hill, John R ⇗
BT	Hammack, William Glenn ⇗
TG	Chernitsky, Thomas William ⇗
WG	Boyd, Lester Ross ⇗

B-17G 42-97282 SU*H Sortie Report SP-CM 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	Siffert, Charles William ⇗

B-17G 42-97309 JD*C 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 ⇗	Wounded
TG	Leibel, William Joseph ⇗
WG	Bush, Walter William ⇗

B-17G 42-97320 SU*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Groff, Richard Hubert ⇗
CP	Smith, James Milton ⇗
N	Roth, Martin NMI ⇗
B	Gilliam, Charles Lamb ⇗
RO	Ludvik, Antone Francis ⇗
TT	Gregory, Charlie Frank ⇗
BT	Shufelt, Leigh Warren ⇗
TG	Yelinich, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Haskell, William Hilton ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Causa, Raymond (NMI) ⇗
CP	Kimberlin, Grover Jasper ⇗
N	Dowling, James John ⇗
B	Lokkins, Arthur Edward ⇗
RO	Cortez, Jonathan Hernandez ⇗
TT	Siegenthaler, Robert Joseph ⇗
BT	Bertsch, Robert Lawrence ⇗
TG	Fister, Paul Dumont ⇗
WG	Kreuscher, Robert Edward ⇗

B-17G 42-97941 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Buck, William Edward ⇗
P	Keate, Richard Clifford ⇗
N	Kane, William Francis ⇗
N	Hicks, Clyde Jerome ⇗
B	Palazzo, Anthony (NMI) ⇗
RO	Geriak, John (NMI) ⇗
TT	Orth, Jay Shaffer ⇗
BT	Brooker, Kenneth Seymour ⇗
TG	McDonald, Thomas Harry ⇗
WG	Ruschival, Adam Charles ⇗
WG	Trumbo, James Donovan ⇗

B-17G 42-97960 SO*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Booska, Maurice Arthur ⇗
P	Bahten, John Irwin ⇗
N	Culligan, Clarence Sylvester ⇗
N	Cohn, Herbert Jay ⇗
B	Hoech, Julius Florence ⇗
RO	Biancalana, Mario Joseph ⇗
TT	Santa Maria, Luis (NMI) ⇗
BT	Higbie, Franklyn Henry ⇗
WG	Eager, Robert Duane ⇗
WG	McCullough, Robert Eugene ⇗
OBS	Kemp, Phillip Giles ⇗

B-17G 42-98000 SU*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lindberg, Gilbert R ⇗
CP	Freiman, Peter Paul ⇗
N	Mass, Russell C ⇗
B	Frakes, Robert Knox ⇗
RO	Greer, James Raymond ⇗
TT	Phelps, Charles Harold ⇗
BT	Miller, Irving Leroy ⇗
TG	Sweeney, Clarence Joseph ⇗
WG	Stafford, Walter Edward ⇗

B-17G 42-102430 JD*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Robertson, Vernon Merrill ⇗
CP	Backman, Glenn Elmer ⇗
N	Grant, Muir William ⇗
B	Neese, John Neff ⇗
RO	Young, Charles David ⇗
TT	Harris, John Franklin ⇗
BT	Potter, William (NMI) ⇗
TG	Hall, John Leslie ⇗
WG	Boyce, Frederick Ellery ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gabel, Raymond John ⇗
CP	Robilotta, Robert Frank ⇗
N	Lovegren, Richard Leroy ⇗
B	Bass, Sam (NMI) ⇗
RO	Snow, James Kenneth ⇗
TT	Airhart, L G ⇗
BT	Ciaccio, Raymond (NMI) ⇗
TG	Kolinek, Henry Joseph ⇗
WG	Miller, Fonda Coy ⇗

B-17G 42-102500 BK*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Duesler, Donald Barton ⇗
CP	Cook, Chandler Boyd ⇗
N	Rasmussen, Bernard Gerard ⇗
B	Fainberg, Seymour Allen ⇗
RO	Stewart, John Spencer ⇗
TT	Weckerly, Neuland Edwin ⇗
BT	Carriere, Joseph Herley ⇗
TG	Buis, Robert Eugene ⇗
WG	Downing, Everett Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Clements, Ben Hill ⇗
CP	Skelton, Leslie Parker ⇗
N	Barion, Chester Vincent ⇗
B	Fitzpatrick, James Leo ⇗
RO	Kramer, Marvin Arthur ⇗
TT	Susan, John (NMI) ⇗
BT	Gillespie, Keith Wendell ⇗
TG	Fullerton, Charles Frederick ⇗
WG	Schlising, Roger Evan ⇗
WG	Sunshine, Morris Hyman ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Young, Daniel Monroe ⇗
CP	Tate, Joseph Henry ⇗
N	Gay, Harry Franklyn ⇗
B	Golden, James Alvin ⇗
RO	Davis, Roger Stanley ⇗
TT	Harrison, Richard Glenn ⇗
BT	Wallace, Olan C ⇗
TG	Ransom, George Bernard ⇗
WG	Miller, Newell Lewis ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Henderson, William Vincent ⇗
CP	Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald ⇗
N	Twomey, Jeremiah (NMI) ⇗
B	Smith, George Kitchen ⇗
RO	Owens, Buddy Louis ⇗
TT	Rodgers, William Mack ⇗
BT	Tobman, Milton (NMI) ⇗
TG	Woodruff, Walker Ace ⇗
WG	Stephens, Herbert Arthur ⇗
WG	Austin, Ralph Earl ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carlson, Walter Elmer ⇗
CP	Baker, Dale Richard ⇗
N	Gary, Joseph Shirley ⇗
TOG	Curtin, Paul Robert ⇗
RO	Nieters, George Henry ⇗
TT	Schulz, Russell Lloyd ⇗
BT	Fox, Fred Calvin ⇗
TG	Northrup, Robert Louis ⇗
WG	Luciano, Fred Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-102933 BK*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Sammons, Gerald Busby ⇗
P	Allred, Frank Lavon ⇗
N	O'Sullivan, Timothy James ⇗
B	Ward, Donald Leroy ⇗
RO	Drury, Eldon Boyd ⇗
TT	Bemis, Forrest James ⇗
BT	Mitchell, Robert McKinley ⇗
TG	Rafeld, Richard Eugene ⇗
WG	Redcay, Carl Harry ⇗

B-17G 42-107058 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	LeDonne, Edward George ⇗
CP	Butler, John William ⇗
N	Brown, Sherwood Gilbert ⇗
B	Grady, George James ⇗
RO	Bickford, Robert George ⇗
TT	O'Hare, Richard Walter ⇗
BT	Williams, Herbert Howard ⇗
TG	Sievert, Clifford Leroy ⇗
WG	Early, James Walker ⇗
WG	Builta, William B ⇗

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	Deen, Allen Jay ⇗
TT	Wick, Andrew Oliver ⇗
BT	Peckerar, Irvin Milton ⇗
TG	Lentz, Kenneth Melvin ⇗
WG	Rabe, William Arthur ⇗
WG	McGuire, James Francis ⇗

B-17G 43-37713 BK*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mead, Frank Willard ⇗
CP	Mohler, John Grigsby ⇗
N	Bryson, Jerry Russell ⇗
B	Shelby, Marvin C ⇗
RO	Hofferber, Reuben (NMI) ⇗
TT	Barnett, Gene Henry ⇗
BT	Hinojos, Charles Acevedo ⇗
TG	Moore, Thomas Joseph ⇗
WG	Miller, Orus Denvil ⇗
WG	Dillon, Howard Arthur ⇗

B-17G 43-37822 SU*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Durdin, Larkin Clayton ⇗
CP	Proctor, John Richard ⇗
N	Mathers, John Bowers ⇗
B	Fitzgerald, James Edward ⇗
RO	Ellis, Clayton John ⇗
TT	Randall, Frank Abbott ⇗
BT	Morris, Edward Paul ⇗
TG	Hammond, Ralph Clark ⇗
WG	Thulin, Theodore Clemence ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bean, Donald W ⇗
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	Benefiel, Orville Eugene ⇗
WG	Steinberg, William Herman ⇗
WG	Gordon, Omar Leslie ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Green, Loren Lester ⇗
CP	Abbott, Edward William ⇗
N	Seydel, Philip (NMI) ⇗
B	Thielen, Albert Finn ⇗
RO	Myers, Robert Holland ⇗
TT	Bordelon, Nolan Joseph ⇗
BT	Vaniglia, Frank (NMI) ⇗
TG	Zager, Donald Arthur ⇗
WG	McAnally, Edmon Molene ⇗

B-17G 43-37990 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Soester, Wilbur Leroy ⇗
CP	Mumper, Benjamin Royce ⇗
N	Schold, George Bertie ⇗
B	Watkins, Bob Gene ⇗
RO	Wilhelm, Robert Frederick ⇗
TT	Pavlos, Nickolas Manuel ⇗
BT	Schmeller, Thomas Raymond ⇗
TG	Kelsey, Donald Edward ⇗
WG	Norstrom, John Julius ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Reed, William Marcus ⇗
CP	Springsted, Donald George ⇗
N	Jacobs, Edward Gregory ⇗
B	Latz, David John ⇗
RO	Wolters, Herman John ⇗
TT	Murphy, William C ⇗
BT	Stephenson, Hilton Hubert ⇗
TG	Macuch, Albert Richard ⇗
WG	Weiss, Joseph Richard ⇗

B-17G 44-6105 SO*P 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	Stanek, Robert Brice ⇗
WG	Mess, Richard Carl ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kass, Robert Hiler ⇗
CP	Mayner, John Robert ⇗
N	Radakovitz, Herman Andrew ⇗
B	Adorni, Roy Francis ⇗
RO	Snyder, Norman Anderson ⇗
TT	Zook, Lloyd Earl ⇗
BT	Stuart, Ralph Harding ⇗
TG	Hinshaw, Glenn Samuel ⇗
WG	Carboni, James (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-6141 SU*F 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	Houston, Samuel Vance ⇗
TG	Fadda, John Stanley ⇗
WG	Flower, Merlin Lee ⇗

B-17G 44-6149 SO*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Neville, Harry Walter ⇗
CP	McNamara, John Gordon ⇗
N	Hobdey, Cecil Delwin ⇗
B	Parker, Max Franklin ⇗
RO	Lay, Obert Merle ⇗
TT	DeLauri, Angelo (NMI) ⇗
BT	Kania, Stanley Joseph ⇗
TG	Olson, Robert Woodrow ⇗
WG	Harper, Jack Rollin ⇗

B-17G 44-6294 JD*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Laboda, Joseph Stanley ⇗
CP	Curran, Kenneth James ⇗
N	Nelson, Dale Dunlop ⇗
B	Simmons, Clifford James ⇗
RO	Stahl, Bruce Warren ⇗
TT	Fisher, Arthur Alvin ⇗
BT	Talley, Harold Graham ⇗
TG	Edwards, William Leroy ⇗
WG	Cates, Clay Franklin ⇗

B-17G 44-8011 SO*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lynch, Edward Thomas ⇗
CP	Adams, John David ⇗
N	Calisto, James Henry ⇗
B	Black, Robert Curnow ⇗
RO	Kunkel, Carl Arlan ⇗
TT	Taylor, Edwin Johnston ⇗
BT	Weisl, Kenneth (NMI) ⇗
TG	Filippi, Walter James ⇗
WG	Vori, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Gerbig, Lawrence William ⇗

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