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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 #243 ON 24 December 1944

B-17F 42-3441 SO*E Sortie Report CF CC (Weather A/C)
Position	Name	Status
P	Gabel, Raymond John ⇗
CP	Robilotta, Robert Frank ⇗
N	McCarthy, Robert George ⇗
RO	Irwin, Frank Xavier ⇗
TT	Airhart, L G ⇗

B-17G 42-31484 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rummel, Brian Dunn ⇗
CP	Koutrouba, Evan Peter ⇗
N	Mechanick, Harold (NMI) ⇗
B	Reeder, James Louis ⇗
RO	Cafiero, Lee Herman ⇗
TT	Shannon, James Brent ⇗
BT	Campbell, Donald Rudolph ⇗
TG	Haden, Levi Baldwin ⇗
WG	Kish, Steve (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Touton, William Frank ⇗
CP	Jones, Robert McCord ⇗
N	Bierman, Robert (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Strutz, La Verne Herman ⇗
RO	Wilhelm, Robert Frederick ⇗
TT	Calvin, Edmond Ernest ⇗
BT	Courtney, Raymond F ⇗
TG	Coburn, Ellsworth Gorden ⇗
WG	Adams, Jack Colvin ⇗

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 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smisek, William Joseph ⇗
CP	Zakas, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
N	Ward, Robert C ⇗
B	Morrison, William Bedell ⇗
RO	Dawson, Edward Charles ⇗
TT	Pazjk, Frank J ⇗
BT	Misko, Louis E ⇗
TG	Holz, Henry Joseph ⇗
WG	Waggoner, Harold Lewis ⇗

B-17G 42-39888 SU*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Pelt, Charles A ⇗
CP	Hammerstein, Lester Eugene ⇗
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 42-97150 SO*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jackson, Oakley Homer ⇗
CP	Calkins, John Bartlett ⇗
N	Lucas, Leonard Edmond ⇗
B	Blett, Robert James ⇗
RO	Senchuk, Paul Sam ⇗
TT	Ziner, Allen Edward ⇗
BT	Cappiello, Gaetano Thomas ⇗
TG	Phelps, James Norman ⇗
WG	Kelly, Vincent Joseph Leo ⇗
WG	Haight, Keith Rodney ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Festersen, John Carl ⇗
CP	Miller, LaVerne Sayre ⇗
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 ⇗

B-17G 42-97263 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gregg, William G ⇗
CP	Kloss, Stanley Frank ⇗
N	Whipple, Robert M ⇗
B	Matthews, Carl N ⇗
RO	Hester, Cecil Adolph ⇗
TT	Olson, Clifford Edward ⇗
BT	Janicki, Edward Zygmund ⇗
TG	Hyatt, Dale Lee ⇗
WG	Penn, Walter Richard ⇗

B-17G 42-97271 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Backman, Glenn Elmer ⇗
CP	Mohr, James Henry ⇗
N	Hassard, Robert Clock ⇗
B	Hannan, John Michael ⇗
RO	Hart, Kenneth Cecil ⇗
TT	Barber, Raymond Clifford ⇗
BT	Hammack, William Glenn ⇗
TG	Graham, Ralph R ⇗
WG	Pohlmann, John H ⇗

B-17G 42-97320 SU*G 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 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fahr, John (NMI) ⇗
CP	Boyette, Irving H ⇗
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 42-97592 SO*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Minor, Henry W ⇗
P	Kinnaird, William Robert ⇗
N	Kampel, Edward Joseph ⇗
N	Rovero, Aldo John ⇗
B	Burcham, Eugene Emmons ⇗
RO	Palecek, George Frank ⇗
TT	Bauer, Henry (NMI) ⇗
TG	Euting, Carl Richard ⇗
WG	Brown, Robert Frank ⇗

B-17G 42-97960 SO*M 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 42-97986 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Davis, L K (IO) ⇗
P	Mohler, John Grigsby ⇗
N	Proto, Michael John ⇗
N	Blencowe, Frederick Arthur ⇗
B	Griffin, Charles Edward ⇗
RO	Markasky, Albert Edward ⇗
TT	Girman, Frank (NMI) ⇗
TG	Johnson, Lester Mendle ⇗
WG	Locke, Warren Franklin ⇗

B-17G 42-98000 SU*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Warner, Henry L ⇗
CP	Miller, John C ⇗
N	Bink, Howard Hill ⇗
TOG	Maguire, John H ⇗
RO	Dean, Donald Lloyd ⇗
TT	Seidel, John Clarence ⇗
BT	Poulsen, Leonard Irvin ⇗
TG	Portwood, Ray S ⇗
WG	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

B-17G 42-98027 SU*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bishop, Charles W ⇗
P	Ellis, Harold Richard ⇗
N	Richert, Clarendon George ⇗
N	Stoltze, Albert C ⇗
B	Brenner, John Thomas ⇗
RO	Hayes, David Newcombe ⇗
TT	Rosenfield, Arthur (NMI) ⇗
TG	Liem, Jack Henry ⇗
WG	Maupin, Vernon Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay ⇗
CP	Oliver, Mando (NMI) ⇗
N	Stern, Harold M ⇗
B	DeCelles, Charles Bender ⇗
RO	Reed, Warren Derome ⇗
TT	Gissing, Robert (NMI) ⇗
BT	Holtwick, Melvin Edward ⇗
TG	Wright, David D ⇗
WG	McMorrow, Edward James ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Freiman, Peter Paul ⇗
CP	Baker, Dale Richard ⇗
N	Moon, William Everett ⇗
TOG	Curtin, Paul Robert ⇗
RO	Snow, James Kenneth ⇗
TT	Schulz, Russell Lloyd ⇗
BT	Kania, Stanley Joseph ⇗
TG	Blaker, Bernard (NMI) ⇗
WG	Colasuonno, Rocco (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Galiano, Joe Vincent ⇗
CP	LeSuer, Herman Paul ⇗
N	Arwine, Joe Arnold ⇗
TOG	Foust, John Monroe ⇗
RO	Fischer, George (NMI) ⇗
TT	Black, Howard Vincent ⇗
BT	Portugal, Walter Lyon ⇗
TG	Ginder, John Pershing ⇗
WG	Ducsay, Joseph C ⇗

B-17G 43-37717 JD*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Starr, William George ⇗
CP	Dott, Donald Shropshire ⇗
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 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Zink, Joseph Darrell ⇗
CP	Barnett, Jack (NMI) ⇗
N	Foreman, John Frederick ⇗
B	Mass, Henry Carmy ⇗
RO	Relyea, Rulon Douglas ⇗
TT	Cunningham, John F ⇗
BT	Cardell, Raymond Howard ⇗
TG	Early, Francis Moale ⇗
WG	Bronzetti, Warren John ⇗

B-17G 43-38016 SU*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wismer, Richard Glen ⇗
CP	Fletcher, Graydon James ⇗
N	Kelley, Darwin Thomas ⇗
N	Hudspeth, Edwin George ⇗
B	Abrusci, Lorenzo V (IO) ⇗
RO	Bussey, Harold Lewis ⇗
TT	Schoebel, John Edward ⇗
BT	Lewis, David Bradford ⇗
TG	Leibel, William Joseph ⇗
WG	Becerra, Richard Joe ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	DeFrancesco, John Joseph ⇗
CP	Simmons, Robert Edwin ⇗
N	Zeligson, Robert Lee ⇗
TOG	Lott, Homer Lee ⇗
RO	Bias, Ira J ⇗
TT	Howell, Evan Lawrence ⇗
BT	Doleshal, Charles Joseph ⇗
TG	Hastings, Harmon Charles ⇗
WG	Williams, John Allen ⇗

B-17G 43-38262 SO*K,H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Blankenmeyer, William J ⇗
CP	Jamison, Joseph F ⇗
N	Green, Billy A ⇗
B	Long, Noal Edward ⇗
RO	Fictum, Blair Eugene ⇗
TT	DeMesquita, Seymour Aron ⇗
BT	Work, Robert Elijah ⇗
TG	Moran, Richard David ⇗
WG	McDonald, Donald Thomas ⇗

B-17G 43-38501 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McLean, William S ⇗
CP	Smith, Jack L ⇗
N	Todd, Joseph W ⇗
TOG	Friend, Lynn Merle ⇗
RO	Holzbaur, Richard C ⇗
TT	Loader, Kenneth Walter ⇗
BT	Nead, Harry VanHorn ⇗
TG	Milkovich, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Hunt, Harry B ⇗

B-17G 43-38616 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald ⇗
CP	McGahey, Thomas Levert ⇗
N	Stern, Paul Bernard ⇗
B	Stickling, John Henry ⇗
RO	Finley, Carl Eugene ⇗
TT	Sandidge, Robert Magnus ⇗
BT	Hinojos, Charles Acevedo ⇗
TG	Tobman, Milton (NMI) ⇗
WG	Austin, Ralph Earl ⇗

B-17G 43-38630 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Owens, Robert Clare ⇗
CP	Buswell, Richard Grant ⇗
N	Stockman, William Alexander ⇗
TOG	Berry, Ivan Carl ⇗
RO	Munro, William David ⇗
TT	Squier, Vanny DeForest ⇗
BT	Horan, Albert Sherwood ⇗
TG	King, Carleton William ⇗
WG	Gardner, Vernon Percy ⇗

B-17G 43-38673 JD*L 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	Chapman, Ralph Reese ⇗
TG	Carson, Allen Glenn ⇗
WG	Stone, Edward B ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Weisenberg, Leonard ⇗
CP	Welsh, James H ⇗
N	Barnes, William Douglas ⇗
TOG	Rothschild, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
RO	Cogan, Joseph Dean ⇗
TT	Zook, Lloyd E ⇗
BT	Kotnik, Robert Rudolph ⇗
TG	Thompson, LeDru Myron ⇗
WG	Green, James Andrew ⇗

B-17G 43-38721 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Holmes, George W ⇗
CP	Sweeney, James Edmond ⇗
N	Machiz, Irving (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Preble, James Jarvis ⇗
RO	Burke, John Joseph ⇗
TT	Harshman, William Everett ⇗
BT	Applegate, William Charles ⇗
TG	Ransom, George Bernard ⇗
WG	Hultberg, Stanley Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-38752 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Klatt, Merton Dale ⇗
CP	Baker, John R ⇗
N	Titus, William L ⇗
TOG	Harper, Jack Rollin ⇗
RO	Pattison, Carroll Eugene ⇗
TT	Wetherbee, Owen L ⇗
BT	Warner, Homer James ⇗
TG	Jones, Lilburn Howard ⇗

B-17G 43-38757 SO*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hicks, Ralph Benjamin ⇗
CP	Horan, William Paul ⇗
N	Hammond, Jerrold Eugene ⇗
B	Scheanwald, Richard James ⇗
RO	Frerichs, Earl Edward ⇗
TT	Townsend, Perry Houston ⇗
BT	McNeff, Charles Leo ⇗
TG	Manners, Dale Melvin ⇗
WG	Weeks, Melvin Francis ⇗

B-17G 43-38927 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gilmore, James Robson ⇗
CP	Tuck, Sam Gail ⇗
N	Berwald, Raymond Edward ⇗
B	Brown, William C ⇗
RO	London, Albert (NMI) ⇗
TT	Bierowski, Mitchell Stephen ⇗
BT	Dameron, Fred (NMI) ⇗
TG	Lewandowski, Leo Joseph ⇗
WG	Gibson, Vergil LeRoy ⇗

B-17G 43-38994 BK*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gilmer, Charles E ⇗
CP	Edwards, Robert A ⇗
N	Neumann, James Howard ⇗
B	Wickander, Wallace Homer ⇗
RO	Alessi, Vincent (NMI) ⇗
TT	Sainsbury, Joseph A ⇗
BT	Anderson, Carl Ellsworth ⇗
TG	Scarce, James Richard ⇗
WG	Drew, John Edward ⇗

B-17G 44-6105 SO*P 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) ⇗
WG	Davidson, Charles Wayne ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kinkead, Robert Miller ⇗
CP	Saxton, John C ⇗
N	Crampton, Robert Byron ⇗
B	Towers, Leo Frank ⇗
RO	Lawrence, Robert C ⇗
TT	Fields, Arnold Esbond ⇗
BT	Calongne, Ashley Joseph ⇗
TG	Jones, Ernest Theodore ⇗
WG	Humphrey, Loren K ⇗

B-17G 44-6476 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tatulis, Charles Paul ⇗
CP	Stern, Vernon Mark ⇗
N	Steffen, Willis William ⇗
B	Payne, Lloyd Clarence ⇗
RO	Hanson, Charles Henry ⇗
TT	Quon, Mingwah Albert ⇗
BT	White, Donald Edward ⇗
TG	Werner, Richard H ⇗
WG	Peck, Hubert Raymond ⇗

B-17G 44-8211 BK*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Walker, Jay Frank ⇗
CP	Tozer, Phillo Raymond ⇗
N	Hance, Horace (NMI) ⇗
B	Chadwick, Ronald H ⇗
RO	Newman, Leslie Dallas ⇗
TT	Vogel, Daniel (NMI) ⇗
TG	McCloskey, Arthur Edward ⇗
WG	Lawrence, James Herbert ⇗

B-17G 44-8221 SO*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Strickland, Alexander Conwell ⇗
P	Herzog, John Henry ⇗
N	Uriwal, Alfons Francis ⇗
N	Schwob, Carl Warren ⇗
N	Potter, Richard Selstrom ⇗
B	Marks, Sanford (NMI) ⇗
RO	Howe, Vernon Bullock ⇗
TT	Baer, Robert (NMI) ⇗
TG	Pluhar, Emil Edward ⇗
WG	Guy, Roderick Melbourne ⇗
WG	Van Britson, Raymond Jules ⇗

B-17G 44-8401 SU*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Hutchinson, Thomas Dale ⇗
P	Rowe, George B ⇗
N	Van Etten, Lawrence Edward ⇗
N	Culligan, Clarence Sylvester ⇗
N	Scherer, Raymond Julius ⇗
B	Morris, Arthur Joseph ⇗
RO	Chernitsky, Thomas William ⇗
TT	Hill, John R ⇗
WG	Matthews, Franklin Waller ⇗
WG	Boyd, Lester Ross ⇗
OBS	Bakkom, Clifford Norris ⇗

B-17G 44-8430 BK*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Worthen, Kirk Winthrop ⇗
CP	Kuite, Donald Warren ⇗
N	Fox, Jacob Wesley ⇗
TOG	Rock, Frank Willis ⇗
RO	Meyer, Melvin Joseph ⇗
TT	Walcott, Lester Allen ⇗
BT	Wisdahl, Raymond Orlando ⇗
TG	Beesley, Delmar James ⇗
WG	Brooks, Donald Lee ⇗

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