Mission #186 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 #186 ON 30 August 1944

B-17G 42-31484 JD*F 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 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnstone, William Andrew ⇗
CP	Weaver, Paul Hanson ⇗
N	Potter, Richard Selstrom ⇗
TOG	Trimble, Frederick Cushing ⇗
RO	Markley, Harland Dean ⇗
TT	Williams, J C (IO) ⇗
BT	Curtin, John (NMI) ⇗
TG	David, Lloyd Preston ⇗
WG	Nolan, Richard Thomas ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rowe, George B ⇗
CP	Bakkom, Clifford Norris ⇗
N	Gullekson, Leslie Curtis ⇗
B	McDaniel, Oscar Kenneth ⇗
RO	Chernitsky, Thomas William ⇗
TT	Hill, John R ⇗
BT	Hammack, William Glenn ⇗
TG	Boyd, Lester Ross ⇗
WG	McCullough, Robert Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C 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	Watson, Paul Leland ⇗
TG	Andrews, James Lee ⇗
WG	Daniel, Paul Fitzgerald ⇗

B-17G 42-38013 SO*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mock, John Montague ⇗
CP	Bayne, William Davis ⇗
N	Allen, Arthur Everett ⇗
B	Puchalski, Walter Francis ⇗
RO	Sweeney, Robert Emmet ⇗
TT	Scott, James Henry ⇗
BT	Price, Wilford Maurice ⇗
TG	Olson, Robert Woodrow ⇗
WG	Patrizio, Angelo Adam ⇗
WG	Poulos, William Toney ⇗

B-17G 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Owens, Robert Clare ⇗
CP	Buswell, Richard Grant ⇗
N	Barry, William Rudisill ⇗
B	Muller-Thym, Lambert (NMI) ⇗
RO	Munro, William David ⇗
TT	Squier, Vanny DeForest ⇗
BT	Horan, Albert Sherwood ⇗
TG	King, Carleton William ⇗
WG	Berry, Ivan Carl ⇗
WG	Gardner, Vernon Percy ⇗

B-17G 42-97150 SO*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Skehan, Joseph Lynne ⇗
CP	Heubner, Emil Junior ⇗
N	Hannaford, Gordon Coyle ⇗
TOG	Gerbig, Lawrence William ⇗
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 42-97251 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	Matthiesen, Carl Rolf ⇗
TT	Veal, Connally Hammond ⇗
BT	Powell, Fredrick Howard ⇗
TG	Balacek, Richard William ⇗
WG	Surowiec, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
WG	Dillon, Howard Arthur ⇗

B-17G 42-97263 SO*D 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 ⇗
WG	Manners, Dale Melvin ⇗
WG	Weeks, Melvin Francis ⇗

B-17G 42-97282 SU*H Sortie Report 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	Erich, Milton Benjamin ⇗

B-17G 42-97309 JD*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pluhar, Emil Edward ⇗
CP	Mayner, John Robert ⇗
N	Richardson, Frederick Madison ⇗
TOG	Hall, Horace Homer ⇗
RO	Liebmann, David Peter ⇗
TT	Perry, Gilbert Franklin ⇗
BT	Clary, Leonard Estus ⇗
TG	Frederickson, Ralph Louis ⇗
WG	Amspacher, Ray Richard ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent ⇗
CP	Vaden, Kenneth Underwood ⇗
N	Toler, Charles Frederick ⇗
B	Wolf, Charles Elmer ⇗
RO	Neyer, Ralph Richard ⇗
TT	Brooker, Cameron Hutchison ⇗
BT	Browne, Erle Royden ⇗
TG	Hosmer, Richard Clyde ⇗
WG	Price, William Robert ⇗
WG	Thornburg, Joseph Austin ⇗

B-17G 42-97521 JD*H,C Sortie Report SP-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	Stuart, Ralph Harding ⇗
TG	Rothschild, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
WG	Leibel, William Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bean, Arthur E ⇗
P	Morris, Gordon (NMI) ⇗
N	Rubin, Frederic Edward ⇗
N	Bell, Albert (NMI) ⇗
B	Marks, Sanford (NMI) ⇗
RO	Geriak, John (NMI) ⇗
TT	Zook, Lloyd Earl ⇗
BT	Brooker, Kenneth Seymour ⇗
TG	McDonald, Donald Thomas ⇗
WG	Wagner, Robert Wiliam ⇗
WG	Cates, Clay Franklin ⇗

B-17G 42-97948 BK*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Shelley, John Keith ⇗
P	McCartney, James Thomas ⇗
N	Cohn, Herbert Jay ⇗
N	Burke, Thomas Henry ⇗
B	Parker, Max Franklin ⇗
RO	Sapolin, Morton (NMI) ⇗
TT	Frisbee, Joseph Selvyn ⇗
BT	Saunders, Rufus Milton ⇗
TG	Ziegler, Pete Frank ⇗
WG	Flannery, Wade Henderson ⇗
WG	Snyder, Clifford Leroy ⇗

B-17G 42-102430 JD*O Sortie Report SP-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	Miller, Fonda Coy ⇗
TG	Kolinek, Henry Joseph ⇗
WG	Chanter, Robert William ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Norton, Paul E ⇗
CP	Rice, Robert Eugene ⇗
N	Merlis, Albert L ⇗
B	Feider, Leo John ⇗
RO	Wynn, Francis Xavier ⇗
TT	Woloszyk, Leonard John ⇗
BT	Deaton, Marshall Taylor ⇗
TG	Oberle, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
WG	Everitt, Thomas Bruce ⇗

B-17G 42-102500 BK*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Causa, Raymond (NMI) ⇗
CP	Kimberlin, Grover Jasper ⇗
N	Dowling, James John ⇗
B	Roberts, Jack Deighton ⇗
RO	Cortez, Jonathan Hernandez ⇗
TT	Siegenthaler, Robert Joseph ⇗
BT	Bertsch, Robert Lawrence ⇗
TG	Kreuscher, Robert Edward ⇗
WG	Molea, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-102501 BK*H 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	Head, Robert Laverne ⇗
TG	Peterson, William Junior ⇗
WG	Sullivan, Robert James ⇗
WG	Steorts, Hubert (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-102566 JD*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Patella, Joseph David ⇗
CP	Janczy, Thomas Joseph ⇗
N	Schmitzer, William James ⇗
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 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K 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 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Reed, William Marcus ⇗
CP	Springsted, Donald George ⇗
N	Jacobs, Edward Gregory ⇗
B	Stearns, Robert Sumner ⇗
RO	Meyer, Melvin Joseph ⇗
TT	Murphy, William C ⇗
BT	Stephenson, Hilton Hubert ⇗
TG	Macuch, Albert Richard ⇗
WG	Bigley, Clarence Charles ⇗

B-17G 42-102933 BK*Q Sortie Report CM 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	Wiethop, Richard George ⇗
WG	Brennan, James Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-107057 BK*T Sortie Report ABT 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) ⇗

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	Schlising, Roger Evan ⇗

B-17G 42-107083 BK*B 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 ⇗

B-17G 42-107121 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Dudock, Edward Peter ⇗
CP	Bishop, Charles W ⇗
N	Monaco, Armand Michael ⇗
B	Cresto, John Anthony ⇗
RO	Kaessner, Howard Lee ⇗
TT	Mettler, Jesse Wayne ⇗
BT	Carr, Edward Joseph ⇗
TG	Armentrout, Elvin Jahune ⇗
WG	Thompson, Bruce Roy ⇗

B-17G 42-107125 JD*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Sammons, Gerald Busby ⇗
P	Fairfield, William Adelbert ⇗
N	Martin-Vegue, James Raymond ⇗
N	Wakser, Sanford Harry ⇗
B	Wiley, Ralph Edward ⇗
RO	Flory, Clarence Robert ⇗
TT	Thompson, Arthur Edward ⇗
BT	Miller, Irving Leroy ⇗
TG	Rafeld, Richard Eugene ⇗
WG	Needle, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-107148 JD*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Durdin, Larkin Clayton ⇗
CP	Culhane, Emmett Patrick ⇗
N	Mathers, John Bowers ⇗
B	McClure, Oscar Milton ⇗
RO	Ellis, Clayton John ⇗
TT	Randall, Frank Abbott ⇗
BT	Morris, Edward Paul ⇗
TG	Ciejka, Walter Casimer ⇗
WG	Thulin, Theodore Clemence ⇗

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Groff, Richard Hubert ⇗
CP	Smith, James Milton ⇗
N	Henson, William Alvin ⇗
B	Green, Hugh Joseph ⇗
RO	Ludvik, Antone Francis ⇗
TT	Hunt, Virgil Dowell ⇗
BT	Laursen, Harold James ⇗
TG	Yelinich, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Haskell, William Hilton ⇗

B-17G 43-37717 JD*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Green, Loren Lester ⇗
CP	Abbott, Edward William ⇗
N	Haas, Jack Irvin ⇗
TOG	Ruschival, Adam Charles ⇗
RO	Myers, Robert Holland ⇗
TT	Bordelon, Nolan Joseph ⇗
BT	Vaniglia, Frank (NMI) ⇗
TG	Zager, Donald Arthur ⇗
WG	McAnally, Edmon Molene ⇗

B-17G 43-37822 SU*N Sortie Report SP-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	Kantor, John Steven ⇗
WG	Coder, Dale Mills ⇗

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	Sobers, Charles James ⇗
TG	Dippold, Robert John ⇗
WG	Steinberg, William Herman ⇗
WG	Gordon, Omar Leslie ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gross, Kenneth Eugene ⇗
CP	Storey, Wallace Arnold ⇗
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 43-37971 JD*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kass, Robert Hiler ⇗
CP	Gallenkamp, Thomas Edward ⇗
N	Radakovitz, Herman Andrew ⇗
B	Saunders, James Bernard ⇗
RO	Bombino, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
TT	Poulton, Robert Harry ⇗
BT	Simmons, Thomas Howard ⇗
TG	Wilde, Albert George ⇗
WG	Payne, Omar Eston ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Dodson, Lee White ⇗
CP	Gilbert, Stanley Milton ⇗
N	McCarthy, Robert George ⇗
B	Rinkovsky, Charles (NMI) ⇗
RO	Hickman, Noah Clarence ⇗
TT	Chase, Marion Butler ⇗
BT	McMann, George Francis ⇗
TG	Carella, Jack Vito ⇗
WG	Redcay, Carl Harry ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Donald Francis ⇗
CP	Weisenberg, Leonard NMI ⇗
N	Sturgess, James Alfred ⇗
B	Hogan, David Hiram ⇗
RO	Flatt, James Edward ⇗
TT	Bianca, Buddy Armand ⇗
BT	Claxon, Ernest Haydon ⇗
TG	Coburn, Ellsworth Gorden ⇗
WG	Winiarski, Eugene Alphonse ⇗

B-17G 44-6135 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Levine, Max (NMI) ⇗
CP	Williams, Jerome LaBau ⇗
N	Yeoman, Dale Cougille ⇗
TOG	Jarreau, Lloyd Joseph ⇗
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 44-6294 JD*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hunt, John Hardy ⇗
CP	Backman, Glenn Elmer ⇗
N	Perry, Edward Clarke ⇗
B	Hofmann, Ernest Herman ⇗
RO	Fuerstenau, Paul William ⇗
TT	Ramos, Jesus Guadalupe Trevino ⇗
BT	Schultz, Blaine Shelvy ⇗
TG	Vargas, Juan Pacheco ⇗
WG	Linn, Clifford LeRoy ⇗

B-17G 44-8008 SU*Y Sortie Report CF CC (Weather A/C)
Position	Name	Status
P	Myrick, Kenneth Delay ⇗

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