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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 #189 ON 8 September 1944

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gilbert, Stanley Milton ⇗
CP	Dobson, Roy E ⇗
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	Hunt, Virgil Dowell ⇗

B-17G 42-37982 SU*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carnes, Joe Ross ⇗
CP	Wyatt, William Glenn ⇗
N	Benjamin, Alfred David ⇗
B	Reed, Ira Ottinger ⇗
RO	Schick, Frank Joseph ⇗
TT	Ford, Charles William ⇗
BT	King, James Bernard ⇗
TG	Macuch, Albert Richard ⇗
WG	Panici, Raymond Arnold ⇗

B-17G 42-38013 SO*C Sortie Report SP-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	Gardner, Vernon Percy ⇗
WG	Berry, Ivan Carl ⇗

B-17G 42-38014 BK*G 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	Rancatore, Frank James ⇗

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 42-97142 BK*N 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	Thornburg, Joseph Austin ⇗
WG	Price, William Robert ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O 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 ⇗

B-17G 42-97263 SO*D 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	Sobers, Charles James ⇗
WG	Poulos, William Toney ⇗
WG	Patrizio, Angelo Adam ⇗

B-17G 42-97271 JD*A 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 ⇗
WG	Hatfield, Lowell Charles ⇗

B-17G 42-97309 JD*C 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 42-97320 SU*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Buslee, John Oliver ⇗
CP	Albrecht, David Franklin ⇗
N	Rybarczyk, Chester Anthony ⇗
B	Davis, James Buford ⇗
RO	Peluso, Sebastiano Joseph ⇗
TT	Bryant, Lenard Leroy ⇗
BT	Miller, Irving Leroy ⇗
TG	Lucynski, Eugene Daniel ⇗
WG	Farrar, George Edwin ⇗

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 ⇗
B	Verbryke, Robert Merrill ⇗
RO	Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon ⇗
TT	Brown, Virgil Darrah ⇗
BT	Schoonover, Henry Kermit ⇗
TG	Klumpp, Kenneth Bernard ⇗
WG	Merfeld, Louis Leonard ⇗

B-17G 42-97592 SO*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Koch, Robert Bruce ⇗
CP	Cornair, Russell John ⇗
N	Loomis, Donald Orlando ⇗
N	Schwob, Carl Warren ⇗
B	Hendrix, Alfred Franklin ⇗
RO	Vicknair, Normand Joseph ⇗
TT	Youry, Burson Harris ⇗
TG	Jaworski, Frank (NMI) ⇗
WG	Gardiner, John W ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Fairfield, William Adelbert ⇗
P	Allred, Frank Lavon ⇗
N	McNair, Alexander John ⇗
B	Ward, Donald Leroy ⇗
RO	Drury, Eldon Boyd ⇗
TT	Noble, Raymon Lewis ⇗
BT	Mitchell, Robert McKinley ⇗
TG	La Chine, Lloyd Earl ⇗
WG	Leschak, Nickolas ⇗

B-17G 42-102500 BK*L Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mead, Frank Willard ⇗
CP	Daniel, Thomas Cogswell ⇗
N	Cheresnik, Edward John ⇗
B	Chadwick, Ronald H ⇗
RO	Hofferber, Reuben (NMI) ⇗
TT	Miller, Orus Denvil ⇗
BT	Hinojos, Charles Acevedo ⇗
TG	Moore, Thomas Joseph ⇗
WG	Strain, John Linton ⇗

B-17G 42-102601 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Brookshire, James D ⇗
CP	Froebel, Ronald Holcomb ⇗
N	Mechanick, Harold (NMI) ⇗
B	Fitzpatrick, James Leo ⇗
RO	Alexander, Arthur Walton ⇗
TT	Rivers, Arthur Raymond ⇗
BT	Hess, Frank (NMI) ⇗
TG	Hiner, William Max ⇗
WG	Buersmeyer, Sylvanus Reginald ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report RETE CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Patella, Joseph David ⇗
CP	Freiman, Peter Paul ⇗
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 42-107057 BK*T 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) ⇗

B-17G 42-107058 BK*C 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	Roach, Harrison William ⇗
WG	Allen, Dale Richard ⇗

B-17G 42-107083 BK*B Sortie Report SP-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 42-107121 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cline, Walter William ⇗
CP	Johnson, Donald Ernest ⇗
N	Singer, William Andrew ⇗
B	Rarick, Harold Linwood ⇗
RO	Lee, Van (NMI) ⇗
TT	Fisher, Darwin Edward ⇗
BT	Hawkins, Otis Dwight ⇗
TG	McCreery, Robert Glenn ⇗
WG	Sterr, Robert E ⇗

B-17G 42-107148 JD*P 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	Stoner, Harper Sylvester ⇗

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report RETE 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	Daniel, Paul Fitzgerald ⇗

B-17G 43-37713 BK*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Vinnedge, Roy Alan ⇗
P	Davis, L K (IO) ⇗
N	Williams, Evan Letcher ⇗
B	Leahy, Leo Alton ⇗
RO	Finley, Carl Eugene ⇗
TT	Sandidge, Robert Magnus ⇗
BT	Romeo, Reno (NMI) ⇗
TG	Maddock, Walter James ⇗
WG	Chacho, Albert John ⇗

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	Adams, Benjamin Harold ⇗
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 CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Toler, Harold Morton ⇗
CP	Wehrheim, Francis Walter ⇗
N	Henson, William Alvin ⇗
B	McClure, Oscar Milton ⇗
RO	Cornelius, Harold Marvin ⇗
TT	Lioy, Gene Angelo ⇗
BT	Blaker, Bernard (NMI) ⇗
TG	Moran, Richard David ⇗
WG	Colasuonno, Rocco (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred ⇗
CP	Frederick, Edwin Bernard ⇗
N	Stockman, William Alexander ⇗
TOG	Kugler, James Hart ⇗
RO	Crowell, Hollis Henry ⇗
TT	Ballenger, John Sidney ⇗
BT	Storm, Delbert (NMI) ⇗
TG	Dippold, Robert John ⇗
WG	Foster, Garnet Eugene ⇗
WG	Orth, Alvin Wilson ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnstone, William Andrew ⇗
CP	Weaver, Paul Hanson ⇗
N	Simpson, Morris ⇗
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 43-37971 JD*T Sortie Report ABT 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 ⇗
WG	Leibel, William Joseph ⇗

B-17G 43-37990 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Parker, George Frederick ⇗
CP	Woodworth, John Dempster ⇗
N	Thevenet, Charles James ⇗
TOG	Jarreau, Lloyd Joseph ⇗
RO	Webb, John Clyde ⇗
TT	Fugate, Roger (NMI) ⇗
BT	McNeff, Charles Leo ⇗
TG	Stamm, Hiram Walton ⇗
WG	Grabow, Carl Arthur ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A Sortie Report RETE CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rice, Robert Eugene ⇗
CP	Janczy, Thomas Joseph ⇗
N	Merlis, Albert L ⇗
RO	Wynn, Francis Xavier ⇗
TT	Woloszyk, Leonard John ⇗
BT	Deaton, Marshall Taylor ⇗
TG	Oberle, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
WG	Redcay, Carl Harry ⇗

B-17G 43-38213 SU*D 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	Fox, Fred Calvin ⇗
TG	Fadda, John Stanley ⇗
WG	Flower, Merlin Lee ⇗

B-17G 44-6080 SO*L 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	Seibel, Joseph Austin ⇗
WG	Stephens, Frank (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Donald Francis ⇗
CP	Weisenberg, Leonard ⇗
N	Potter, Richard Selstrom ⇗
B	Hannan, John Michael ⇗
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	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 44-6141 SU*F Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Blankenmeyer, William J ⇗
CP	Fisher, Robert Jeremy ⇗
N	Obermeyer, Robert Henry ⇗
TOG	Chanter, Robert William ⇗
RO	Fictum, Blair Eugene ⇗
TT	DeMesquita, Seymour Aron ⇗
BT	Work, Robert Elijah ⇗
TG	Hoyman, Robert H ⇗
WG	McDonald, Donald Thomas ⇗

B-17G 44-6294 JD*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gross, Kenneth Eugene ⇗
CP	Storey, Wallace Arnold ⇗
N	Nelson, Kenneth John ⇗
B	Hassard, Robert Clock ⇗
RO	Brown, James Paul ⇗
TT	Brickner, Wilbert George ⇗
BT	Tod, Kniland Everett ⇗
TG	Carson, Allen Glenn ⇗
WG	Stone, Edward B ⇗

B-17G 44-8008 SU*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Stallings, Gordon Kenneth ⇗
P	Bahten, John Irwin ⇗
N	Culligan, Clarence Sylvester ⇗
N	Newcomb, Robert D ⇗
N	Daniel, William Abbott ⇗
B	Morris, Arthur Joseph ⇗
RO	Biancalana, Mario Joseph ⇗
TT	Santa Maria, Luis (NMI) ⇗
TG	Ziegler, Pete Frank ⇗
WG	Eager, Robert Duane ⇗
WG	Higbie, Franklyn Henry ⇗

B-17G 44-8011 SO*J 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 ⇗	Seriously Wounded
WG	Conlon, Jack Dempsey ⇗
WG	Murray, John Joseph ⇗

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