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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 #185 ON 26 August 1944

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	Golden, James Alvin ⇗
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 CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Owens, Robert Clare ⇗
CP	Buswell, Richard Grant ⇗
N	Miller, Dan Owens ⇗
B	Muller-Thym, Lambert (NMI) ⇗
RO	Munro, William David ⇗
TT	Squier, Vanny DeForest ⇗
BT	Horan, Albert Sherwood ⇗
TG	King, Carleton William ⇗
WG	Gardner, Vernon Percy ⇗
WG	Berry, Ivan Carl ⇗

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C Sortie Report SCR
Position	Name	Status
P	Majeske, Charles Paul ⇗

B-17G 42-38013 SO*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Goodrick, Gene Robert ⇗
CP	Harter, David Smuck ⇗
N	Weiss, Warren Henry ⇗
B	Spears, Simms Memory ⇗
RO	Adams, Harold Peter ⇗
TT	Brumley, Paul James ⇗
BT	Pierce, Lee Francis ⇗
TG	Clairday, Willard Lee ⇗
WG	Stephens, Frank (NMI) ⇗
WG	Seibel, Joseph Austin ⇗

B-17G 42-39888 SU*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mumper, Benjamin Royce ⇗
CP	Tumlinson, Wilburn Wier ⇗
N	Steele, Robert Coultas ⇗
B	Lyons, Jack Joseph ⇗
RO	Leslie, William Joseph ⇗
TT	Stornant, Victor Joseph ⇗
BT	Heatley, Johnny Ray ⇗
TG	Lester, David Leon ⇗
WG	Coder, Dale Mills ⇗
WG	Kantor, John Steven ⇗

B-17G 42-97142 BK*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Clements, Ben Hill ⇗
CP	Skelton, Leslie Parker ⇗
N	Barion, Chester Vincent ⇗
B	Corcoran, Stephen Martin ⇗
RO	Kramer, Marvin Arthur ⇗
TT	Susan, John (NMI) ⇗
BT	Gillespie, Keith Wendell ⇗
TG	Fullerton, Charles Frederick ⇗
WG	Pattillo, William James ⇗
WG	Dillon, Howard Arthur ⇗

B-17G 42-97204 SO*K Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rainey, Harry Wesley ⇗	POW
CP	Rowe, J Z (IO) ⇗	POW
N	Francis, Charles Dean ⇗	POW
B	Kendall, Walter Selium ⇗	POW
RO	Sturdivant, Donald Barrett ⇗	POW
TT	Evans, Jack Clifton ⇗	POW
BT	Mosier, Richard Nelson ⇗	POW
TG	Gordon, Norman Hirsch ⇗	KIA
WG	Thornhill, John Grover ⇗	POW
WG	Knowlton, Alfred Bachelor ⇗	Evaded

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, Frederick H ⇗
TG	Balacek, Richard William ⇗
WG	Hosmer, Richard Clyde ⇗
WG	Surowiec, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-97271 JD*A 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	Linn, Clifford LeRoy ⇗

B-17G 42-97282 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Henderson, William Vincent ⇗
CP	Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald ⇗
N	Segars, Arthur Woodrow ⇗
B	McCool, John Clark ⇗
RO	Owens, Buddy Louis ⇗
TT	Rodgers, William Mack ⇗
BT	Tobman, Milton (NMI) ⇗
TG	Woodruff, Walker Ace ⇗
WG	Austin, Ralph Earl ⇗
WG	Stephens, Herbert Arthur ⇗

B-17G 42-97309 JD*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Peters, Lloyd Arman ⇗
CP	Rose, Gerald Dale ⇗
N	Simpson, Hubert Daniel ⇗
TOG	Hall, Horace Homer ⇗
RO	Covell, Charles Francis ⇗
TT	Hornack, William Paul ⇗
BT	Ketchledge, Edward (NMI) ⇗
TG	Bridget, John Harold ⇗	Wounded
WG	Hatfield, Lowell Charles ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hale, Kenneth Oliver ⇗
CP	Morgan, Norman Gail ⇗
N	Nielsen, Robert Earl ⇗
B	Zinser, Frank Valentine ⇗
RO	Goetz, Carl Harry ⇗
TT	Caulfield, Patrick Joseph ⇗
BT	Uebel, Harold Frederick ⇗
TG	Musgrave, Richard Britton ⇗
WG	Allen, Dale Richard ⇗

B-17G 42-97521 JD*H,C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Chadwick, James Woodrow ⇗
CP	Grantham, Edgar Harry ⇗
N	White, Leslie Comer ⇗
TOG	Adams, Benjamin Harold ⇗
RO	Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon ⇗
TT	Brown, Virgil Darrah ⇗
BT	Schoonover, Henry Kermit ⇗
TG	Klumpp, Kenneth Bernard ⇗
WG	Merfeld, Louis Leonard ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Skehan, Joseph Lynne ⇗
CP	Heubner, Emil J ⇗
N	Hannaford, Gordon Coyle ⇗
TOG	Patrizio, Angelo Adam ⇗
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 42-97948 BK*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Ungerman, Kenneth Armistead ⇗
P	Peck, Harland Kenneth ⇗
N	Giles, John Porter ⇗
B	Moody, James Clifton ⇗
RO	Bailey, Robert Rex ⇗
TT	Hunter, George Filmore ⇗
BT	Chapmon, William Theodore ⇗
TG	Mickle, Don Albert ⇗
WG	Rancatore, Frank James ⇗
WG	Jacobs, Dallas Athel ⇗

B-17G 42-97960 SO*M 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 ⇗
WG	Conlon, Jack Dempsey ⇗

B-17G 42-97986 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Buck, William Edward ⇗
P	Kelsay, Omar Frank ⇗
N	Newcomb, Robert D ⇗
N	Culligan, Clarence Sylvester ⇗
N	Daniel, William Abbott ⇗
B	Hoech, Julius Florence ⇗
RO	Grosbier, Gordon Joseph ⇗
TT	Youry, Burson Harris ⇗
WG	Bryan, Morris Irving ⇗
OBS	Ziegler, Pete Frank ⇗

B-17G 42-102430 JD*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Brodie, James Joseph ⇗
CP	Vevle, Lloyd Oliver ⇗
N	Hawkins, George Marshall ⇗
B	Barnes, William Douglas ⇗
RO	Taylor, William Edson ⇗
TT	Crumpton, Robert Doyle ⇗
BT	Hetu, Gordon Eugene ⇗
TG	Miller, Wilfred Frank ⇗
WG	Liniger, Harry Allen ⇗

B-17G 42-102449 SO*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Dudock, Edward Peter ⇗
CP	Nicholson, Gilbert Orin ⇗
N	Cohn, Herbert Jay ⇗
B	Parker, Max Franklin ⇗
RO	Kaessner, Howard Lee ⇗
TT	Mettler, Jesse Wayne ⇗
BT	Carr, Edward Joseph ⇗
TG	Armentrout, Elvin Jahune ⇗
WG	Thompson, Bruce Roy ⇗

B-17G 42-102500 BK*L 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 42-102566 JD*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gross, Kenneth Eugene ⇗
CP	Mayner, John Robert ⇗
N	Nelson, Kenneth John ⇗
B	Hassard, Robert Clock ⇗
RO	Hepner, Dean Raymond ⇗
TT	Harfman, Lavern Frank ⇗
BT	Tod, Kniland Everett ⇗
TG	Carson, Allen Glenn ⇗
WG	Stone, Edward B ⇗

B-17G 42-102601 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mohler, John Grigsby ⇗
CP	Erickson, Stanley Wallace ⇗
N	Proto, Michael John ⇗
B	Griffin, Charles Edward ⇗
RO	Markasky, Albert Edward ⇗
TT	Girman, Frank (NMI) ⇗
BT	Pollak, Norman Marcus ⇗
TG	Johnson, Lester Mendle ⇗
WG	Locke, Warren Franklin ⇗
WG	Price, William Robert ⇗

B-17G 42-107057 BK*T 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 ⇗

B-17G 42-107058 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	LeDonne, Edward George ⇗
CP	Butler, John William ⇗
N	Stern, Paul Bernard ⇗
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 ⇗

B-17G 42-107083 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Salley, Thomas Raysor ⇗
CP	Preller, Robert Henry ⇗
N	Cheresnik, Edward John ⇗
B	Flowers, James Richard ⇗
RO	Deen, Allen Jay ⇗
TT	Steorts, Hubert (NMI) ⇗
BT	Rogerson, Harold William ⇗
TG	McCloskey, Arthur Edward ⇗
WG	Anderson, Emmitt Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-107121 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Malone, John James ⇗
CP	Hayes, Edgar Jerome ⇗
N	Williams, Samuel Brown ⇗
B	Brenner, John Thomas ⇗
RO	Matthiesen, Carl Rolf ⇗
TT	Summers, Leonard Eugene ⇗
BT	James, Edward Oscar ⇗
TG	Hoechst, Joseph Frederick ⇗
WG	Okert, Fred Harry ⇗
WG	Schlising, Roger Evan ⇗

B-17G 42-107125 JD*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bean, Arthur E ⇗
P	Morris, Gordon (NMI) ⇗
N	Rubin, Frederic Edward ⇗
B	Kell, Howard Wilbur ⇗
RO	Geriak, John (NMI) ⇗
TT	Zook, Lloyd E ⇗
BT	Brooker, Kenneth Seymour ⇗
TG	McDonald, Thomas Harry ⇗
WG	Cates, Clay Franklin ⇗
WG	Wagner, Robert Wiliam ⇗

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rowe, George B ⇗
CP	Bakkom, Clifford Norris ⇗
N	Gullekson, Leslie C ⇗
B	McDaniel, Oscar Kenneth ⇗
RO	Chernitsky, Thomas William ⇗
TT	Hill, John R ⇗
BT	Hammack, William Glenn ⇗
TG	Matthews, Franklin Waller ⇗
WG	Boyd, Lester Ross ⇗

B-17G 43-37713 BK*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Brookshire, James D ⇗
CP	Rummel, Brian Dunn ⇗
N	Mechanick, Harold (NMI) ⇗
B	Burns, Robert Henry ⇗
RO	Alexander, Arthur Walton ⇗
TT	Rivers, Arthur Raymond ⇗
BT	Hess, Frank (NMI) ⇗
TG	Hiner, William Max ⇗
WG	Buersmeyer, Sylvanus Reginald ⇗
WG	Shukaitis, George Joseph ⇗

B-17G 43-37822 SU*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Levine, Max (NMI) ⇗
CP	Williams, Jerome LaBau ⇗
N	Yeoman, Dale Cougille ⇗
TOG	Gerbig, Lawrence William ⇗
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 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗
CP	McCord, Robert Bruce ⇗
N	Ouellette, George Albert ⇗
B	Philleo, Richard Norman ⇗
RO	Howe, Vernon Bullock ⇗
TT	Baer, Robert (NMI) ⇗
BT	Schwartz, Meyer (NMI) ⇗
TG	Guy, Roderick Melbourne ⇗
WG	Van Britson, Raymond Jules ⇗

B-17G 43-37971 JD*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Farra, Robert Leslie ⇗
CP	Christian, Arthur Dean ⇗
N	Machiz, Irving (NMI) ⇗
B	Sienkiewicz, Henry Chester ⇗
RO	Bonsall, Harold Leverne ⇗
TT	McKinney, Chester J ⇗
BT	Sutphin, Richard Eugene ⇗
TG	Zerillo, William Vito ⇗
WG	Fager, Vearl D ⇗

B-17G 43-38016 SU*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kass, Robert Hiler ⇗
CP	Gallenkamp, Thomas Edward ⇗
N	Radakovitz, Herman Andrew ⇗
B	Saunders, James Bernard ⇗
RO	Penna, Henry (NMI) ⇗
TT	Poulton, Robert Harry ⇗
BT	Simmons, Thomas Howard ⇗
TG	Sloulin, Lawrence Gilbert ⇗
WG	Wilde, Albert George ⇗

B-17G 43-38213 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnstone, William Andrew ⇗
CP	Storey, Wallace Arnold ⇗
N	Simpson, Morris ⇗
B	Gray, William Emery ⇗
RO	Markley, Harland Dean ⇗
TT	Williams, J C (IO) ⇗
BT	Curtin, John (NMI) ⇗
TG	David, Lloyd Preston ⇗
WG	Nolan, Richard Thomas ⇗

B-17G 44-6149 SO*U 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	Scott, James Henry ⇗
BT	Price, Wilford Maurice ⇗
TG	Grubbs, Wilmer Harold ⇗	Wounded
WG	Poulos, William Toney ⇗

B-17G 44-6294 JD*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Green, Loren Lester ⇗
CP	Abbott, Edward William ⇗
N	Haas, Jack Irvin ⇗
B	Neese, John Neff ⇗
RO	Myers, Robert Holland ⇗
TT	Bordelon, Nolan Joseph ⇗
BT	Vaniglia, Frank (NMI) ⇗
TG	Zager, Donald Arthur ⇗
WG	McAnally, Edmon Molene ⇗

B-17G 44-8007 JD*Z Sortie Report CF CC (Weather A/C)
Position	Name	Status
P	Vinnedge, Roy Alan ⇗

B-17G 44-8011 SO*J 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	Menchaca, Jose Ricardo ⇗
WG	Steinberg, William Herman ⇗
WG	Gordon, Omar Leslie ⇗

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