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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 #180 ON 14 August 1944

B-17G 42-31484 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pluhar, Emil Edward ⇗
CP	Chadwick, James Woodrow ⇗
N	Machiz, Irving (NMI) ⇗
B	Gogarty, Thomas Patrick ⇗
RO	Liebmann, David Peter ⇗
TT	Perry, Gilbert Franklin ⇗
BT	Clary, Leonard Estus ⇗
TG	Frederickson, Ralph Louis ⇗
WG	Amspacher, Ray Richard ⇗

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Levine, Max (NMI) ⇗
CP	Williams, Jerome LaBau ⇗
N	Yeoman, Dale Cougille ⇗
B	Szasz, Anton (NMI) ⇗
RO	Larson, John Charles ⇗
TT	Trlica, George Henry ⇗
BT	Allen, William Wesley ⇗
TG	MacGregor, Douglas Roy ⇗
WG	Gilroy, Robert Peter ⇗
WG	Stevenson, Lloyd Harley ⇗

B-17G 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hicks, Ralph Benjamin ⇗
CP	Niederlitz, Donald Edward ⇗
N	Miller, Dan Owens ⇗
B	Scheanwald, Richard James ⇗
RO	Frerichs, Earl Edward ⇗
TT	Townsend, Perry Houston ⇗
BT	Jones, Terry Lee ⇗
TG	Manners, Dale Melvin ⇗
WG	Weeks, Melvin Francis ⇗

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	Wennik, Henry Nicolas ⇗
TG	Andrews, James Lee ⇗
WG	Daniel, Paul Fitzgerald ⇗

B-17G 42-97142 BK*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent ⇗
CP	Vaden, Kenneth Underwood ⇗
N	Hightshoe, Clarence Cecil ⇗
B	Wolf, Charles Elmer ⇗
RO	Neyer, Ralph Richard ⇗
TT	Brooker, Cameron Hutchison ⇗
BT	Browne, Erle Royden ⇗
TG	Hosmer, Richard Clyde ⇗
WG	Schlising, Roger Evan ⇗
WG	Pattillo, William James ⇗

B-17G 42-97150 SO*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rowe, George B ⇗
CP	Bakkom, Clifford Norris ⇗
N	Gullekson, Leslie C ⇗
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 42-97204 SO*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bennett, John R ⇗
CP	Owens, Robert Clare ⇗
N	Goodin, Maurice Claud ⇗
B	Watkins, Bob Gene ⇗
RO	Korabiak, Henry (NMI) ⇗
TT	Errett, Kennedy Craig ⇗
BT	Mosher, William Martin ⇗
TG	Gibbon, Robert William ⇗
WG	Marzola, John Anthony ⇗

B-17G 42-97282 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Patella, Joseph David ⇗
CP	Perchik, Simon (NMI) ⇗
N	Norwitz, Gerson (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Marshall, Charles (NMI) ⇗
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 ABT 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	Keyser, Carl Alphus ⇗
BT	Bellovary, John Joseph ⇗
TG	Russell, Lester Hebran ⇗
WG	Erich, Milton Benjamin ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A 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 E ⇗
WG	Shukaitis, George Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-97557 SU*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Vinnedge, Roy Alan ⇗
N	Umstattd, James McNutt ⇗
N	Williams, Samuel Brown ⇗
N	Lucyshyn, John (NMI) ⇗
B	Mechling, Robert Paul ⇗
RO	Burek, Stanley Thomas ⇗
TT	Walcott, Lester Allen ⇗
TG	Mickle, Don Albert ⇗
WG	Rock, Frank Willis ⇗

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 42-102449 SO*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Shelley, John Keith ⇗
P	McCartney, James Thomas ⇗
N	Hobdey, Cecil Delwin ⇗
N	Calisto, James Henry ⇗
B	Hendrix, Alfred Franklin ⇗
RO	Sapolin, Morton (NMI) ⇗
TT	Frisbee, Joseph Selvyn ⇗
BT	Saunders, Rufus Milton ⇗
TG	Gudowski, Frank George ⇗
WG	Flannery, Wade Henderson ⇗
WG	Whittington, Dee W ⇗

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 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report 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	Kreuscher, Robert Edward ⇗
WG	Molea, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hunt, John Hardy ⇗
CP	Touton, William Frank ⇗
N	Perry, Edward Clarke ⇗
B	Hofmann, Ernest H ⇗
RO	Fuerstenau, Paul William ⇗
TT	Ramos, Jesus Guadalupe Trevino ⇗
BT	Schultz, Blaine Shelvy ⇗
TG	Vargas, Juan Pacheco ⇗
WG	Rothschild, Theodore (NMI) ⇗

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 42-102601 BK*K 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 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	Flowers, James Richard ⇗
RO	Owens, Buddy Louis ⇗
TT	Rodgers, William Mack ⇗
BT	Tobman, Milton (NMI) ⇗
TG	Woodruff, Walker Ace ⇗
WG	Austin, Ralph Earl ⇗
WG	Jacobs, Dallas Athel ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Sammons, Gerald Busby ⇗
P	Fairfield, William Adelbert ⇗
N	McNair, Alexander John ⇗
B	Wiley, Ralph Edward ⇗
RO	Flory, Clarence Robert ⇗
TT	Larkin, Vincent Joseph ⇗
BT	Bray, Leo (NMI) ⇗
TG	Rafeld, Richard Eugene ⇗
WG	Needle, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-102933 BK*Q 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 42-107058 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cepits, Francis Frederick ⇗
CP	McGahey, Thomas Levert ⇗
N	Hance, Horace (NMI) ⇗
B	Henderson, Frank William ⇗
RO	Cafiero, Lee Herman ⇗
TT	Shannon, James Brent ⇗
BT	Campbell, Donald Rudolph ⇗
TG	Haden, Levi Baldwin ⇗
WG	Kish, Steve (NMI) ⇗
WG	Steorts, Hubert (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-107083 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Malone, John James ⇗
CP	Mohler, John Grigsby ⇗
N	Siewers, Richard Joseph ⇗
B	Burns, Robert Henry ⇗
RO	Golas, Matthew Walter ⇗
TT	Summers, Leonard Eugene ⇗
BT	James, Edward Oscar ⇗
TG	Hoechst, Joseph Frederick ⇗
WG	Okert, Fred Harry ⇗
WG	McGuire, James Francis ⇗

B-17G 42-107121 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Davis, L K (IO) ⇗
CP	Somers, James Lowell ⇗
N	Singer, William Andrew ⇗
B	Rarick, Harold Linwood ⇗
RO	Finley, Carl Eugene ⇗
TT	Sandidge, Robert Magnus ⇗
BT	Romeo, Reno (NMI) ⇗
TG	Chacho, Albert John ⇗
WG	Kaloc, Edward Thomas ⇗
WG	Vallone, Frank Philip ⇗

B-17G 43-37822 SU*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Plowman, Noel Elwin ⇗
CP	Ferguson, Lawrence Winston ⇗
N	Stutman, William Nathaniel ⇗
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 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	Farra, Robert Leslie ⇗
CP	Christian, Arthur Dean ⇗
N	Daley, Patrick Francis ⇗
B	Adorni, Roy Francis ⇗
RO	Bonsall, Harold Leverne ⇗
TT	McKinney, Chester J ⇗
BT	Amann, Marcel (NMI) ⇗
TG	Zerillo, William Vito ⇗
WG	Fager, Vearl D ⇗

B-17G 43-37971 JD*T 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	Brzeski, Anthony L ⇗
WG	Stoner, Harper Sylvester ⇗

B-17G 43-37990 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lynch, Edward Thomas ⇗
CP	Adams, John David ⇗
N	Zabel, Wendell William ⇗
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 ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A 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 44-6080 SO*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Neville, Harry Walter ⇗
CP	McNamara, John Gordon ⇗
N	Cohn, Herbert Jay ⇗
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 44-6105 SO*P Sortie Report SP-RET 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 ⇗
WG	Conlon, Jack Dempsey ⇗

B-17G 44-6135 JD*J 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 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 44-6294 JD*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Donald Francis ⇗
CP	Weisenberg, Leonard ⇗
N	Gay, Harry Franklyn ⇗
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 44-8011 SO*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Soester, Wilbur Leroy ⇗
CP	Mumper, Benjamin Royce ⇗
N	Schold, George Bertie ⇗
TOG	Snyder, Clifford Leroy ⇗
RO	Wilhelm, Robert Frederick ⇗
TT	Pavlos, Nickolas Manuel ⇗
BT	Schmeller, Thomas Raymond ⇗
TG	Kelsey, Donald Edward ⇗
WG	Norstrom, John Julius ⇗

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