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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 #239 ON 12 December 1944

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Woodworth, John Dempster ⇗
CP	Nelson, Elmer (NMI) ⇗
N	Dobrow, Martin (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Melton, Derald William ⇗
RO	Occhino, Anthony A ⇗
TT	Zaleski, Edmund Casmir ⇗
BT	Raught, Thomas Earl ⇗
TG	Manicki, John Robert ⇗
WG	Rohr, Kenneth Orville ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cook, Raymond D ⇗
CP	Kimberlin, Grover Jasper ⇗
N	Walker, Roy J ⇗
TOG	Tribbey, William Johnny ⇗
RO	Hannis, Thomas Richard ⇗
TT	Dossett, Huston Robert ⇗
BT	Kangas, James Kermit ⇗
TG	Green, Forest Raymond ⇗
WG	Krupsky, Howard Clarence ⇗

B-17G 42-97263 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mumper, Benjamin Royce ⇗
CP	Tumlinson, Wilburn Wier ⇗
N	Steele, Robert Coultas ⇗
TOG	Kantor, John Steven ⇗
RO	Leslie, William Joseph ⇗
TT	Stornant, Victor Joseph ⇗
BT	Heatley, Johnny Ray ⇗
TG	Lester, David Leon ⇗
WG	Coder, Dale Mills ⇗

B-17G 42-97271 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Backman, Glenn Elmer ⇗
CP	Mohr, James Henry ⇗
N	Potter, Richard Selstrom ⇗
B	Hogan, David Hiram ⇗
RO	Hart, Kenneth Cecil ⇗
TT	Kunnari, Howard (NMI) ⇗
BT	Simmons, Thomas Howard ⇗
TG	Euting, Carl Richard ⇗
WG	Clark, John Hiatt ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Orr, James Wallace ⇗
CP	Jackson, Taylor Hall ⇗
N	Zeligson, Robert Lee ⇗
B	Brown, William C ⇗
RO	Kennebeck, Edwin Eugene ⇗
TT	Goode, Joseph Edward ⇗
BT	Rauch, John (NMI) ⇗
TG	Spafford, Kenneth Culver ⇗
WG	Reed, Gordon Wilbur ⇗

B-17G 42-97960 SO*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Abbott, William H ⇗
CP	Schissel, Gregory Anthony ⇗
N	Lohn, John G ⇗
B	Herndon, William Franklin ⇗
RO	Herr, Richard Lee ⇗
TT	Laughlin, Wallace Leroy ⇗
BT	Nieman, Donald F ⇗
TG	Strycek, Joseph John ⇗
WG	Kristof, Laddie (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-98000 SU*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McKone, Joseph Francis ⇗
CP	Johnson, Howard K ⇗
N	Rybarczyk, Chester Anthony ⇗
TOG	Butler, Ralph Willard ⇗
RO	Irwin, Frank Xavier ⇗
TT	Hall, Callie Newton ⇗
BT	Moss, Ralph Eldon ⇗
TG	Humphries, Richard Alexander ⇗
WG	Albro, Bernard Thomas ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	DeFrancesco, John Joseph ⇗
CP	Simmons, Robert Edwin ⇗
N	Moon, William Everett ⇗
TOG	Curtin, Paul Robert ⇗
RO	Bias, Ira J ⇗
TT	Howell, Evan Lawrence ⇗
BT	Doleshal, Charles Joseph ⇗
TG	Hastings, Harmon Charles ⇗
WG	Williams, John Allen ⇗

B-17G 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McLean, William S ⇗
CP	Smith, Jack L ⇗
N	Todd, Joseph W ⇗
TOG	Oliveira, Calvin George ⇗
RO	Holzbaur, Richard C ⇗
TT	Loader, Kenneth Walter ⇗
BT	Nead, Harry VanHorn ⇗
TG	Milkovich, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Friend, Lynn Merle ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rex, Kenneth Monroe ⇗
CP	Clishem, James Edward ⇗
N	Foreman, John Frederick ⇗
TOG	Rothschild, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
RO	Cogan, Joseph Dean ⇗
TT	Zook, Lloyd E ⇗
BT	Sutphin, Richard Eugene ⇗
TG	Stoner, Harper Sylvester ⇗
WG	Green, James Andrew ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kramer, William Leo ⇗
CP	Wolfe, Jack S ⇗
N	Burk, Paul E ⇗
TOG	Morpeth, Clarence Robinson ⇗
RO	Jenkins, Ernest Norman ⇗
TT	Scrivner, Dwight Arnold ⇗
BT	Pfeiffer, Jack Edward ⇗
TG	Krauss, Keith A ⇗
WG	Lukosavich, Francis J ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Galiano, Joe Vincent ⇗
CP	LeSuer, Herman Paul ⇗
N	Arwine, Joe Arnold ⇗
TOG	Lott, Homer Lee ⇗
RO	Fischer, George (NMI) ⇗
TT	Black, Howard Vincent ⇗
BT	Portugal, Walter Lyon ⇗
TG	Ginder, John Pershing ⇗
WG	Ducsay, Joseph C ⇗

B-17G 42-102933 BK*Q Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hale, Kenneth Oliver ⇗	POW
	Morgan, Norman Gail ⇗	POW/Wounded
N	Nielsen, Robert Earl ⇗	POW
TOG	Musgrave, Richard Britton ⇗	POW
	Goetz, Carl Harry ⇗	POW/Wounded
TT	Caulfield, Patrick Joseph ⇗	POW
BT	Uebel, Harold Frederick ⇗	POW
TG	Allen, Dale Richard ⇗	POW
WG	Roach, Harrison William ⇗	POW

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Pelt, Charles A ⇗
CP	Sharp, Alan E ⇗
N	Murphy, Edward J ⇗
B	Gay, Joseph Bates ⇗
RO	Guentzel, Otto William ⇗
TT	Secrest, Marvin Victor ⇗
BT	Slack, Raymond Carl ⇗
TG	Den Herder, Edward (NMI) ⇗
WG	Harrison, James (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-37717 JD*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Starr, William George ⇗
CP	Oliver, Mando (NMI) ⇗
N	Faulise, Vincent Paul ⇗
TOG	Downs, Wayne Hargis ⇗
RO	Busch, Edward J ⇗
TT	Hall, William Richard ⇗
BT	Phillips, William R ⇗
TG	Perkins, Lubia Alton ⇗
WG	Hatcher, John F ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Brown, Bert Oliver ⇗
CP	Bayne, William Davis ⇗
N	Weckerly, John Benjamin ⇗
TOG	Franklin, Walter Dewitt ⇗
RO	Ondrusek, Marvin John ⇗
TT	Regan, Richard George ⇗
BT	Jones, William Jesse ⇗
TG	Palmer, Raymond George ⇗
WG	Chalkus, Joseph William ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Zink, Joseph Darrell ⇗
CP	Barnett, Jack (NMI) ⇗
N	Sturgess, James Alfred ⇗
B	Mass, Henry Carmy ⇗
RO	Lucas, William (NMI) ⇗
TT	Cazer, Vinton Gordon ⇗
BT	Cardell, Raymond Howard ⇗
TG	Early, Francis Moale ⇗
WG	Bronzetti, Warren John ⇗

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	Becerra, Richard Joe ⇗
WG	Leibel, William Joseph ⇗

B-17G 43-38501 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Somers, James Lowell ⇗
CP	McDaniel, Earl Clark ⇗
N	Pougiales, George Francis ⇗
B	Reeder, James Louis ⇗
RO	Williams, David H ⇗
TT	Wiggin, George Owen ⇗
BT	Rogerson, Harold William ⇗
TG	Peterson, William J ⇗
WG	Strain, John Linton ⇗

B-17G 43-38548 BK*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cepits, Francis Frederick ⇗
CP	McGahey, Thomas Levert ⇗
N	Henderson, Frank William ⇗
TOG	Liem, Jack Henry ⇗
RO	Cafiero, Lee Herman ⇗
TT	Shannon, James Brent ⇗
BT	Campbell, Donald Rudolph ⇗
TG	Haden, Levi Baldwin ⇗
WG	Kish, Steve (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38616 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hartness, Joseph George ⇗
CP	Kuite, Donald Warren ⇗
N	Dolson, Henry James ⇗
B	Zinser, Frank Valentine ⇗
RO	Lee, Van (NMI) ⇗
TT	Fisher, Darwin Edward ⇗
BT	Hawkins, Otis Dwight ⇗
TG	McCreery, Robert Glenn ⇗
WG	Sterr, Robert E ⇗

B-17G 43-38673 JD*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hicks, Kenneth Delmont ⇗
CP	Welsh, James H ⇗
N	Bierman, Robert (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Strutz, La Verne Herman ⇗
RO	Loffarelli, Clarence Peter ⇗
TT	Werner, Edwin J ⇗
BT	Marmozewicz, Joseph J ⇗
TG	Thompson, LeDru Myron ⇗
WG	Adams, Jack Colvin ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Storey, Wallace Arnold ⇗
CP	Gallenkamp, Thomas Edward ⇗
N	Nelson, Kenneth John ⇗
TOG	Tod, Kniland Everett ⇗
RO	Hepner, Dean Raymond ⇗
TT	Brickner, Wilbert George ⇗
BT	Samuels, Robert Howard ⇗
TG	Carson, Allen Glenn ⇗
WG	Stone, Edward B ⇗

B-17G 43-38757 SO*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jackson, Oakley Homer ⇗
CP	Calkins, John Bartlett ⇗
N	Lucas, Leonard Edmond ⇗
TOG	Haight, Keith Rodney ⇗
RO	Senchuk, Paul Sam ⇗
TT	Ziner, Allen Edward ⇗
BT	Cappiello, Gaetano Thomas ⇗
TG	Phelps, James Norman ⇗
WG	Kelly, Vincent Joseph Leo ⇗

B-17G 43-38800 SO*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hicks, Ralph Benjamin ⇗
CP	Niederlitz, Donald Edward ⇗
N	Scherer, Raymond Julius ⇗
B	Scheanwald, Richard James ⇗
RO	Frerichs, Earl Edward ⇗
TT	Townsend, Perry Houston ⇗
BT	Kania, Stanley Joseph ⇗
TG	Manners, Dale Melvin ⇗
WG	Weeks, Melvin Francis ⇗

B-17G 43-38801 SU*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gilmore, James Robson ⇗
CP	Hastings, David Shove ⇗
N	Bink, Howard Hill ⇗
B	Dorsey, Albert Leonard ⇗
RO	London, Albert (NMI) ⇗
TT	Bierowski, Mitchell Stephen ⇗
BT	Work, Robert Elijah ⇗
TG	Lewandowski, Leo Joseph ⇗
WG	Gibson, Vergil LeRoy ⇗

B-17G 43-38823 JD*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fahr, John (NMI) ⇗
CP	Miley, Harold L ⇗
N	Niemiec, Leonard Roy ⇗
TOG	Casteel, Raleigh James ⇗
RO	Luburich, Michael (NMI) ⇗
TT	Hanrahan, Francis Glen ⇗
BT	Waggoner, Buford (NMI) ⇗
TG	Roach, William Earl ⇗
WG	Virtue, Earl Elery ⇗

B-17G 43-38850 SU*D Sortie Report LAT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hoppen, Jack Stewart ⇗
CP	Stundis, Hilari Harry ⇗
N	Berwald, Raymond Edward ⇗
B	Adams, John Howard ⇗
RO	Clingler, Warren Eugene ⇗
TT	Dobrescu, Frederick John ⇗
BT	Lemon, Delbert Kenneth ⇗
TG	Moslein, Augustus Fred ⇗
WG	Cavanaugh, Bernard Francis ⇗

B-17G 43-38927 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ultcht, John Preston ⇗
CP	Martin, Byron L ⇗
N	Spann, Lynwood Erskin ⇗
B	Edwards, Thomas M ⇗
RO	Whear, Harold Lewis ⇗
TT	Pobega, Rudolph (NMI) ⇗
BT	Alexander, Virgil Lawrence ⇗
TG	Kozup, Andrew (NMI) ⇗
WG	Payne, Albert M ⇗

B-17G 44-6105 SO*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Molder, Charles Richard ⇗
CP	Treadway, Hobart Wayne ⇗
N	Knowlton, Ernest Richard ⇗
TOG	Hayden, Ralph Millan ⇗
RO	Haynes, Harold Vernon ⇗
TT	Hookailo, Daniel Bernard ⇗
BT	Constantine, Damian N ⇗
TG	Rizzuti, Leonard James ⇗
WG	Jacobs, Harris Frederick ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Weisenberg, Leonard ⇗
CP	Ryan, Chilton (NMI) ⇗
N	Barnes, William Douglas ⇗
B	Hannan, John Michael ⇗
RO	Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon ⇗
TT	Harshman, William Everett ⇗
BT	Mentley, Victor Charles ⇗
TG	Huffine, Robert Edward ⇗
WG	Krakowski, Joseph Francis ⇗

B-17G 44-6476 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rummel, Brian Dunn ⇗
CP	Tozer, Phillo Raymond ⇗
N	McCaffrey, William Henry ⇗
TOG	McCloskey, Arthur Edward ⇗
RO	Meyer, Melvin Joseph ⇗
TT	Miller, Orus Denvil ⇗
BT	Hinojos, Charles Acevedo ⇗
TG	Kreuscher, Robert Edward ⇗
WG	Molea, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
WG	Anderson, Emmitt Eugene ⇗

B-17G 44-6514 SO*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Weideman, Dennis Archie ⇗
CP	Phillips, Herbert Dyer ⇗
N	Young, Stanley Harris ⇗
TOG	Davidson, Charles Wayne ⇗
RO	Trzynka, Harold Afred ⇗
TT	Haskett, Everett Wiliam ⇗
BT	Colwell, George Leslie ⇗
TG	Ambach, Edward John ⇗
WG	Adams, Frederick L ⇗

B-17G 44-6592 SO*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Farnsworth, Reuben Joseph ⇗
CP	Chamberlin, Myron ⇗
N	Hammond, Jerrold Eugene ⇗
TOG	Fordham, Howard Calvert ⇗
RO	Manolio, Albert Thomas ⇗
TT	Ortiz, Ralph Gregory ⇗
BT	McKinney, Roy Willard ⇗
TG	Bauer, Lawrence Martin ⇗
WG	Stevens, Sam Stanley ⇗

B-17G 44-8007 JD*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Laboda, Joseph Stanley ⇗
P	Doran, William Elmer ⇗
N	Rubin, Frederic Edward ⇗
N	Blencowe, Frederick Arthur ⇗
B	Simmons, Clifford James ⇗
RO	Barth, Raymond Ernest ⇗
TT	Harfman, Lavern Frank ⇗
TG	Carter, James Kane ⇗
WG	Guider, Robert Harwood ⇗
WG	Cates, Clay Franklin ⇗

B-17G 44-8008 SU*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Carnes, Joe Ross ⇗
P	Gabel, Raymond John ⇗
N	McCarthy, Robert George ⇗
N	Gibson, Merle Leon ⇗
B	Reed, Ira Ottinger ⇗
RO	Snow, James Kenneth ⇗
TT	Airhart, L G ⇗
BT	Spradlin, Clifford Wright ⇗
TG	Kolinek, Henry Joseph ⇗
WG	Daniel, Paul Fitzgerald ⇗

B-17G 44-8401 SU*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Koehne, George Henry ⇗
P	Wilson, Quentin (NMI) ⇗
N	Gary, Joseph Shirley ⇗
N	Sarto, Joseph Michael ⇗
N	Benjamin, Alfred David ⇗
B	Bonnett, Charles Daniel ⇗
RO	Klanke, Edward Franklin ⇗
TT	Burns, Arlington (NMI) ⇗
TG	Dobson, Roy E ⇗
WG	Colasuonno, Rocco (NMI) ⇗
WG	Blaker, Bernard (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-8421 BK*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Brookshire, James D ⇗
CP	Koutrouba, Evan Peter ⇗
N	Mechanick, Harold (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Hiner, William Max ⇗
RO	Alexander, Arthur Walton ⇗
TT	Rivers, Arthur Raymond ⇗
BT	Hess, Frank (NMI) ⇗
TG	Brooks, Donald Lee ⇗
WG	Buersmeyer, Sylvanus Reginald ⇗

B-17G 44-8430 BK*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Festersen, John Carl ⇗
CP	Johnson, Donald Ernest ⇗
N	Sullivan, William R ⇗
B	Gatlin, Maurice Brooks ⇗
RO	McNabb, Frederick J ⇗
TT	Cobb, Roy D ⇗
BT	Titsworth, Charles Wayne ⇗
TG	Rubley, John Frederick ⇗
WG	Sobota, John Edward ⇗

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