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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 #253 ON 8 January 1945

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hewes, Charles Pershing ⇗
CP	Murray, John Phillip ⇗
N	Hollenbeck, Leonard Avenel ⇗
TOG	Elliott, William Richard ⇗
RO	Smith, William Weston ⇗
TT	Wilcher, Charles Nelson ⇗
BT	Farrell, Richard Cornwall ⇗
TG	Pyle, Joseph Edgar ⇗
WG	Mutchler, James Charles ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Belsinger, Harry Flair ⇗
CP	Bradford, James W ⇗
N	Fainberg, Seymour Allen ⇗
B	Altgelt, James Ernest ⇗
RO	Mumma, Adin Wolgemuth ⇗
TT	Kuehn, Carl Edwin ⇗
BT	Cantwell, Richard L ⇗
TG	Davis, Dixon (NMI) ⇗
WG	Schuster, Harold Ludwig ⇗

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hoppen, Jack Stewart ⇗
CP	Stundis, Hilari Harry ⇗
N	Adams, John H ⇗
TOG	Durborow, Clarence James ⇗
RO	Clingler, Warren Eugene ⇗
TT	Dobrescu, Frederick John ⇗
BT	Lemon, Delbert Kenneth ⇗
TG	Moslein, Augustus Fred ⇗
WG	Cavanaugh, Bernard Francis ⇗

B-17G 42-38013 SO*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Whitesides, John Boyce ⇗
CP	Moxley, John Carper ⇗
N	Miner, Alfred Norris ⇗
TOG	Huff, Robert Emil ⇗
RO	Dube, Roland Raymond ⇗
TT	Sayers, Francis Asbury ⇗
BT	Shields, Howard Earl ⇗
TG	Dupas, Emmett George ⇗
WG	Bergner, Lee Ray ⇗

B-17G 42-97150 SO*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ruckman, George Francis ⇗
CP	O'Leary, William Joseph ⇗
N	Dulac, Albert Arthur ⇗
B	Rivall, Jack Wallace ⇗
RO	Garstak, Jack George ⇗
TT	Young, Johnie Earl ⇗
BT	Swieso, Oril Herbert ⇗
TG	Sorenson, Fredrick A ⇗
WG	Rice, Alonzo Robert ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ramsay, Walter E ⇗
CP	Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence ⇗
N	Mitchell, John Glenn ⇗
B	Mitchell, Jacklin Wilson ⇗
RO	Marberg, Roy Kurt ⇗
TT	Hartman, John Edward ⇗
BT	Lacey, Ray (NMI) ⇗
TG	Kotys, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
WG	Ehr, Willard (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-97271 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Baughman, John R ⇗
CP	Carney, William Robert ⇗
N	Clark, Alen H ⇗
B	Adinolfi, Prisco Arthur ⇗
RO	Cohen, Henry Hennig ⇗
TT	Baysinger, Ellwill Orrin ⇗
BT	Barbosa, Roy (NMI) ⇗
TG	Novak, Michael (NMI) ⇗
WG	Sutphin, Richard Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-97320 SU*G Sortie Report SCR
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 42-97521 JD*H,C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Peterson, Calvin James ⇗
CP	Voiland, Eugene Edward ⇗
N	Rouse, Roscoe (NMI) ⇗
B	Means, Bert George ⇗
RO	Magilson, Raymond Howard ⇗
TT	Harting, Lester Elias ⇗
BT	Biedrzycki, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
TG	Kitzmiller, Richard Gorgas ⇗
WG	Eastell, Harry Theodore ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Snyder, Roy E ⇗

B-17G 42-97986 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗
P	Herring, Harold F ⇗
N	Harrison, Arthur Seymour ⇗
N	Hushbeck, Elgin Lewis ⇗
B	Saunders, James Bernard ⇗
RO	Bright, Getsel Merle ⇗
TT	Bauer, Henry (NMI) ⇗
TG	Coburn, Ellsworth Gorden ⇗
WG	Winiarski, Eugene Alphonse ⇗
WG	Ezell, William Charles ⇗

B-17G 42-98000 SU*J Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	DeFrancesco, John Joseph ⇗	POW
	Simmons, Robert Edwin ⇗	POW/Wounded
N	Spann, Lynwood Erskin ⇗	POW
	Lott, Homer Lee ⇗	POW/Wounded
RO	Bias, Ira J ⇗	POW
TT	Williams, John Allen ⇗	POW
BT	Doleshal, Charles Joseph ⇗	POW
TG	Hastings, Harmon Charles ⇗	MIA
WG	Reed, Gordon Wilbur ⇗	POW

B-17G 42-98027 SU*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Keller, Marion Wayne ⇗
CP	Schissel, Gregory Anthony ⇗
N	Lohn, John G ⇗
N	Stoltze, Albert C ⇗
N	Seydel, Philip (NMI) ⇗
B	Scheanwald, Richard James ⇗
RO	Webb, John Clyde ⇗
TT	Robb, Gordon Lee ⇗
TG	Stamm, Hiram Walton ⇗
WG	Grabow, Carl Arthur ⇗

B-17G 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gregg, William G ⇗
CP	Wade, Roger John ⇗
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 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fletcher, Graydon James ⇗
CP	Clishem, James Edward ⇗
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 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fleshman, Warren Gray ⇗
CP	Laney, John Neal ⇗
N	Cochran, John Edward ⇗
TOG	Curtin, Paul Robert ⇗
RO	Richardson, William Harrison ⇗
TT	Woodruff, Walter Charles ⇗
BT	Mitchell, Oreal Hugh ⇗
TG	Galetto, Anthony J ⇗
WG	Baumann, Frederick Herman ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McKone, Joseph Francis ⇗
CP	Johnson, Howard K ⇗
N	Dorsey, Albert Leonard ⇗
TOG	Butler, Ralph Willard ⇗
RO	Irwin, Frank Xavier ⇗
TT	Hall, Callie Newton ⇗
BT	Moss, Ralph Eldon ⇗
TG	Humphries, Richard Alexander ⇗
WG	Panici, Raymond Arnold ⇗

B-17G 42-107125 JD*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Hudspeth, Edwin George ⇗

B-17G 42-107148 JD*P Sortie Report LAT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	MacKellar, Donald Allen ⇗
CP	Carroll, James E ⇗
N	Cebulski, Leo Carl ⇗
B	Horoff, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
RO	Burke, John Joseph ⇗
TT	Calvin, Edmond Ernest ⇗
BT	Courtney, Raymond F ⇗
TG	Brown, Charles Stout ⇗
WG	Connell, Harvey Clarence ⇗

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wyatt, William Glenn ⇗
CP	Reed, Verlin Dean ⇗
N	Weiss, Morris B ⇗
TOG	Vermillion, Eugene Carroll ⇗
RO	Grimes, Paul John ⇗
TT	Leighton, Robert Raymond ⇗
BT	Gariepy, Ernest J ⇗
TG	Bobbitt, Charles Rufus ⇗
WG	Knagg, John A ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Miley, Harold L ⇗
CP	Johnson, Milo A ⇗
N	Steinman, Sanford J ⇗
TOG	Krakowski, Joseph Francis ⇗
RO	Relyea, Rulon Douglas ⇗
TT	Kunnari, Howard (NMI) ⇗
BT	Mentley, Victor Charles ⇗
TG	Greer, Clarence Earl ⇗
WG	Clark, John Hiatt ⇗

B-17G 43-38016 SU*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Barry, William Rudisill ⇗

B-17G 43-38501 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Chmura, Edward (NMI) ⇗
CP	Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald ⇗
N	Richert, Clarendon George ⇗
B	Brenner, John Thomas ⇗
RO	Markasky, Albert Edward ⇗
TT	Walcott, Lester Allen ⇗
BT	Moody, Nolan E ⇗
TG	Tobman, Milton (NMI) ⇗
WG	Austin, Ralph Earl ⇗

B-17G 43-38548 BK*M 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 43-38630 SO*G 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 43-38673 JD*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Starr, William George ⇗
CP	Oliver, Mando (NMI) ⇗
N	Faulise, Vincent Paul ⇗
B	Mass, Henry Carmy ⇗
RO	Busch, Edward J ⇗
TT	Hall, William Richard ⇗
BT	Phillips, William R ⇗
TG	Perkins, Lubia Alton ⇗
WG	Hatcher, John F ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Storey, Wallace Arnold ⇗
CP	Martin, Robert B ⇗
N	Potter, Richard Selstrom ⇗
B	Sienkiewicz, Henry Chester ⇗
RO	Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon ⇗
TT	Zook, Lloyd E ⇗
BT	Brown, Robert Frank ⇗
TG	Huffine, Robert Edward ⇗
WG	Green, James Andrew ⇗

B-17G 43-38747 BK*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McLean, William S ⇗
CP	Smith, Jack L ⇗
N	Hance, Horace (NMI) ⇗
B	Chadwick, Ronald H ⇗
RO	Holzbaur, Richard C ⇗
TT	Loader, Kenneth Walter ⇗
BT	Nead, Harry VanHorn ⇗
TG	Milkovich, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Friend, Lynn Merle ⇗

B-17G 43-38752 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Popering, Earle Allen ⇗
CP	Doheny, William Edward ⇗
N	Ferrell, Jack Gordon ⇗
TOG	Ozyjowski, Eugene (NMI) ⇗
RO	Pechout, Richard Anthony ⇗
TT	Seeley, Clarence Burdell ⇗
BT	Mathias, Charles William ⇗
TG	Denney, Roy Edward ⇗
WG	Maffei, Albert (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38757 SO*L Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bennett, Ralph J ⇗
CP	Cinquanta, Fiorino Anthony ⇗
N	Cohen, Harvey S ⇗
B	Beeby, John Otto ⇗
RO	Davis, Grant Henry ⇗
TT	Bernot, Mike (NMI) ⇗
BT	Berthold, Charles W ⇗
TG	Strong, Gerald M ⇗
WG	Brief, Leonard Thomas ⇗

B-17G 43-38800 SO*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smisek, William Joseph ⇗
CP	Zakas, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
N	Ward, Robert C ⇗
TOG	Harper, Jack Rollin ⇗
RO	Dawson, Edward Charles ⇗
TT	Pazjk, Frank J ⇗
BT	Misko, Louis E ⇗
TG	Holz, Henry Joseph ⇗
WG	Waggoner, Harold Lewis ⇗

B-17G 43-38823 JD*H 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 43-38850 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Milligan, George Robert ⇗
CP	Dabney, William L ⇗
N	Britt, Leo Thomas ⇗
B	Miller, Leland Edward ⇗
RO	Brooks, William Ralph ⇗
TT	Ray, Virgie Newton ⇗
BT	Horvath, Emil Louis ⇗
TG	Cline, Ellis Wallace ⇗
WG	Finstad, Berton Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-38927 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Warner, Henry L ⇗
CP	Miller, John C ⇗
N	Berwald, Raymond Edward ⇗
TOG	Foust, John Monroe ⇗
RO	Dean, Donald Lloyd ⇗
TT	Seidel, John Clarence ⇗
BT	Poulsen, Leonard Irvin ⇗
TG	Portwood, Ray S ⇗
WG	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

B-17G 43-38994 BK*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnson, Donald Ernest ⇗
CP	Rush, Joseph Henry ⇗
N	Cahill, Martin Owen ⇗
TOG	Tribbey, William Johnny ⇗
RO	Cawthon, William Hilton ⇗
TT	Barnes, Lawrence Valentine ⇗
BT	Asby, Sidney Lee ⇗
TG	Matthews, Frederick Donald ⇗
WG	Plont, George John ⇗

B-17G 43-39060 BK*F 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 44-6105 SO*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tebo, Clerance L ⇗
CP	Hall, Freeman Alexander ⇗
N	Trombley, Wilfred Joseph ⇗
B	Matzner, Henry (NMI) ⇗
RO	Ry's, Henry A ⇗
TT	Waldron, Jack Theodore ⇗
BT	Nance, Dale Richard ⇗
TG	Williams, John Otto ⇗
WG	Plover, Robert Patrick ⇗

B-17G 44-6135 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Richardson, George P ⇗
CP	Spangler, George Knox ⇗
N	Burkhart, Charles Joseph ⇗
B	Paul, Wortley B ⇗
RO	McCollum, Norris Lafayette ⇗
TT	Hernandez, Miguel (NMI) ⇗
BT	Lawrence, Dwight Prescott ⇗
TG	Boyer, Lyle Joseph ⇗
WG	Wasserman, Noa (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-6476 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cook, Raymond D ⇗
CP	Leavitt, Philip Neldon ⇗
N	Walker, Roy J ⇗
TOG	Gustitus, Clarence Charles ⇗
RO	Lee, Van (NMI) ⇗
TT	Dossett, Huston Robert ⇗
BT	Kangas, James Kermit ⇗
TG	Green, Forest Raymond ⇗
WG	Krupsky, Howard Clarence ⇗

B-17G 44-6592 SO*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Phillips, Herbert Dyer ⇗
CP	Baker, John R ⇗
N	Zimmerman, John Hubert ⇗
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 44-8007 JD*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bean, Arthur E ⇗
P	Walker, Jay Frank ⇗
N	Shattuck, Jack Dale ⇗
N	Van Etten, Lawrence Edward ⇗
N	Mason, Mark ⇗
B	Smith, George Kitchen ⇗
RO	Newman, Leslie Dallas ⇗
TT	Vogel, Daniel (NMI) ⇗
TG	Tozer, Phillo Raymond ⇗
WG	Lawrence, James Herbert ⇗

B-17G 44-8008 SU*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Merlis, Albert L ⇗

B-17G 44-8216 JD*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Hightshoe, Clarence Cecil ⇗

B-17G 44-8221 SO*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Johns, Dwight LaReuel ⇗

B-17G 44-8430 BK*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Worthen, Kirk Winthrop ⇗
CP	McKay, William Monroe ⇗
N	Fox, Jacob Wesley ⇗
TOG	Rock, Frank Willis ⇗
RO	Deen, Allen Jay ⇗
TT	Miller, Orus Denvil ⇗
BT	Wisdahl, Raymond Orlando ⇗
TG	Liem, Jack Henry ⇗
WG	Pollak, Norman Marcus ⇗

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