Mission #259 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 #259 ON 22 January 1945

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R 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	Darby, Phillip Storey ⇗
BT	Barbosa, Roy (NMI) ⇗
TG	Novak, Michael (NMI) ⇗
WG	Poggioli, John A ⇗

B-17G 42-38013 SO*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bennett, Ralph J ⇗
CP	Funk, Donald Olsen ⇗
N	Cohen, Harvey S ⇗
TOG	Grabow, Carl Arthur ⇗
RO	Davis, Grant Henry ⇗
TT	Bernot, Mike (NMI) ⇗
BT	Berthold, Charles W ⇗
TG	Strong, Gerald M ⇗
WG	Brief, Leonard Thomas ⇗

B-17G 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CF CC (Weather A/C)
Position	Name	Status
P	Blankenmeyer, William J ⇗
CP	Jamison, Joseph F ⇗
N	Mass, Russell C ⇗
RO	Hickman, Noah Clarence ⇗
TT	DeMesquita, Seymour Aron ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N-GH	Calnitz, Jerome (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-97960 SO*M Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Molder, Charles Richard ⇗
CP	Patterson, Nelton Dreward ⇗
N	Knowlton, Ernest Richard ⇗
TOG	Hayden, Ralph Millan ⇗
RO	Haynes, Harold Vernon ⇗
TT	Hookailo, Daniel Bernard ⇗
BT	Constantine, Damian N ⇗
BT	Rizzuti, Leonard James ⇗
WG	Jacobs, Harris Frederick ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Reed, Verlin Dean ⇗
CP	Johnson, Howard K ⇗
N	Weiss, Morris B ⇗
TOG	Vermillion, Eugene Carroll ⇗
RO	Grimes, Paul John ⇗
TT	Bobbitt, Charles Rufus ⇗
BT	Leighton, Robert Raymond ⇗
TG	Gariepy, Ernest Joseph ⇗	Wounded
WG	Spafford, Kenneth Culver ⇗

B-17G 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McKay, William Monroe ⇗
CP	Thomas, Daniel G ⇗
N	Miller, John C ⇗
B	Anderson, Olan Earl ⇗	Seriously Wounded
RO	Vickroy, Ralph Louis ⇗
TT	Roupe, Harry Leroy ⇗
BT	Tidwell, Eldes Dee ⇗
TG	Timmons, David Wesley ⇗
WG	Maupin, Vernon Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hollingsworth, Fredrick Clay ⇗
CP	Barnett, Jack (NMI) ⇗
N	Greenfield, Sidney Lloyd ⇗
TOG	Samuels, Robert Howard ⇗
RO	Reed, Warren Derome ⇗
TT	Gissing, Robert (NMI) ⇗
BT	Marmozewicz, Joseph J ⇗
TG	Wright, David Dobali ⇗
WG	McMorrow, Edward James ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Milligan, George Robert ⇗
CP	Dabney, William L ⇗
N	Britt, Leo Thomas ⇗
B	Miller, Leland Edward ⇗	Wounded
RO	Brooks, William Ralph ⇗
TT	Ray, Virgie Newton ⇗
BT	Horvath, Emil Louis ⇗
TG	Cline, Ellis Wallace ⇗
WG	Finstad, Berton Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-37703 SU*P Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Birder, Rodney Hugh ⇗	POW
CP	Clyde, Edward Calvin ⇗	POW
N	Dickinson, Ezra Roger ⇗	POW
B	Bentley, William Lincoln ⇗	POW
RO	Dean, Donald Lloyd ⇗	POW
TT	Biera, Manuel Antonio ⇗	POW
BT	Blanford, Glenn Ora ⇗	POW
TG	Cato, William H ⇗	POW
WG	MacMillan, Chester Abram ⇗	POW

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Belsinger, Harry Flair ⇗
CP	Bradford, James W ⇗
N	Titus, William L ⇗
B	Altgelt, James Ernest ⇗
RO	Mumma, Adin Wolgemuth ⇗
TT	Kuehn, Carl Edwin ⇗
BT	Cantwell, Richard L ⇗
TG	Davis, Dixon (NMI) ⇗
WG	Murray, John Joseph ⇗

B-17G 43-38016 SU*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N-GH	Hightshoe, Clarence Cecil ⇗

B-17G 43-38501 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rush, Joseph Henry ⇗
CP	Schneider, Andrew J ⇗
N	Slivka, William J ⇗
TOG	Parker, Kenneth J ⇗
RO	Fleming, John William ⇗
TT	Stockstill, Thomas J ⇗
BT	Harris, Robert B ⇗
TG	Didion, Gilbert William ⇗
WG	Miller, Oscar Colquitt ⇗

B-17G 43-38647 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bean, Donald Wesley ⇗
P	Smith, Jack M ⇗
N	Jones, Albert Eugene ⇗
B	Arnold, Vern L ⇗
RO	Benson, Thomas Joseph ⇗
TT	Nastick, Henry Pete ⇗
BT	Casper, Delmar Rulon ⇗
WG	Ott, Robert Edward ⇗
OBS	Gordon, Omar Leslie ⇗

B-17G 43-38673 JD*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Starr, William George ⇗
CP	Oliver, Mando (NMI) ⇗
N	Hassard, Robert Clock ⇗
TOG	Preble, James Jarvis ⇗
RO	Busch, Edward J ⇗
TT	Hall, William Richard ⇗
BT	Phillips, William R ⇗
TG	Perkins, Lubia Alton ⇗
WG	Hatcher, John F ⇗

B-17G 43-38721 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Burroughs, Edwin Carlton ⇗
CP	Saxton, John C ⇗
N	Smoot, Gene W ⇗
TOG	Vienna, Howard Bartel ⇗
RO	Misch, Henry Conrad ⇗
TT	Bittke, Carl Frederic ⇗
BT	Sandbek, Phillip Elmore ⇗
TG	Greer, Clarence Earl ⇗
WG	Newberry, Donald Eugene ⇗

B-17G 43-38747 BK*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smith, Jack L ⇗
CP	Koutrouba, Evan Peter ⇗
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 43-38752 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Whitesides, John Boyce ⇗
CP	Moxley, John Carper ⇗
N	Weckerly, John Benjamin ⇗
TOG	Steinberg, William Herman ⇗
RO	Dube, Roland Raymond ⇗
TT	Sayers, Francis Asbury ⇗
BT	Shields, Howard Earl ⇗
TG	Lester, David Leon ⇗
WG	Matthews, Franklin Waller ⇗

B-17G 43-38757 SO*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Klatt, Merton Dale ⇗
CP	Cinquanta, Fiorino Anthony ⇗
N	Hammond, Jerrold Eugene ⇗
B	McDaniel, Oscar Kenneth ⇗
RO	Pattison, Carroll Eugene ⇗
TT	Wetherbee, Owen L ⇗
BT	Warner, Homer James ⇗
TG	Jones, Lilburn Howard ⇗
WG	Harper, Jack Rollin ⇗

B-17G 43-38850 SU*D Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Popering, Earle Allen ⇗	KIA
CP	Doheny, William Edward ⇗	POW
N	Ferrell, Jack Gordon ⇗	Evaded
TOG	Ozyjowski, Eugene (NMI) ⇗	KIA
RO	Pechout, Richard Anthony ⇗	POW
TT	Schulz, Russell Lloyd ⇗	POW
BT	Mathias, Charles William ⇗	POW
TG	Denney, Roy Edward ⇗	POW
WG	Maffei, Albert (NMI) ⇗	Evaded

B-17G 43-38994 BK*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnson, Donald Ernest ⇗
CP	Kloss, Stanley Frank ⇗
N	Henderson, Frank William ⇗
TOG	Sterr, Robert Edward ⇗
RO	Cawthon, William Hilton ⇗
TT	Barnes, Lawrence Valentine ⇗
BT	Asby, Sidney Lee ⇗
TG	Matthews, Frederick Donald ⇗
WG	Plont, George John ⇗

B-17G 43-39019 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Boyette, Irving H ⇗
CP	Stoecker, John George ⇗
N	Beltz, William R ⇗
B	Frantzen, Donald John ⇗
RO	Beall, Charles H ⇗
TT	Barber, Raymond Clifford ⇗
BT	Chapman, Ralph Reese ⇗
TG	Graham, Ralph R ⇗
WG	Pohlmann, John H ⇗

B-17G 43-39053 BK*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Spangler, George Knox ⇗
CP	Long, Robert Clay ⇗
N	Barr, David T ⇗
B	Banks, Clyde P ⇗
RO	Gardner, Charles L ⇗
TT	Rogers, Donald Vincent ⇗
BT	Carney, Walter Arthur ⇗
TG	Haney, Milton J ⇗
WG	Martin, Thomas Allison ⇗

B-17G 43-39060 BK*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Richardson, George P ⇗
CP	Bastianelli, John Michael ⇗
N	Fainberg, Seymour Allen ⇗
B	Paul, Wortley B ⇗
RO	Plisko, Joseph Steve ⇗
TT	Hernandez, Miguel (NMI) ⇗
BT	Moody, Nolan E ⇗
TG	Boyer, Lyle Joseph ⇗
WG	Wasserman, Noa (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Mohr, James Henry ⇗
CP	Jones, Robert McCord ⇗
N	Carr, Robert John ⇗
B	Slachetka, Henry Joseph ⇗
RO	Cogan, Joseph Dean ⇗
TT	Cunningham, John F ⇗
BT	Holmes, Edwin Lamar ⇗
TG	Green, James Andrew ⇗
WG	Casagrande, Mario Joseph ⇗

B-17G 44-6590 SU*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Galiano, Joe Vincent ⇗
CP	LeSuer, Herman Paul ⇗
N	Cochran, John Edward ⇗
TOG	Foust, John Monroe ⇗
RO	Guentzel, Otto William ⇗
TT	Black, Howard Vincent ⇗
BT	Portugal, Walter Lyon ⇗
TG	Ginder, John Pershing ⇗
WG	Ducsay, Joseph C ⇗

B-17G 44-6592 SO*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Goble, Charles D ⇗
CP	Willis, Carl W ⇗
N	Schlitz, Lester Eugene ⇗
TOG	Holbrook, Howard Ueles ⇗
RO	Hallock, William Skeanes ⇗
TT	Mendez, Bernard Garcia ⇗
BT	Gegus, John Frank ⇗
TG	York, Carroll Raymond ⇗
WG	Scholle, George L ⇗

B-17G 44-8007 JD*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N-GH	Hudspeth, Edwin George ⇗

B-17G 44-8008 SU*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N-GH	Snyder, Roy E ⇗

B-17G 44-8221 SO*X Sortie Report LAT CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Hutchinson, Thomas Dale ⇗
P	Koch, Robert Bruce ⇗
N	Hobdey, Cecil Delwin ⇗
N-R	Stoltze, Albert C ⇗
N-GH	Merlis, Albert L ⇗
B	Hoech, Julius Florence ⇗
RO	Vicknair, Normand Joseph ⇗
TT	Pavlos, Nickolas Manuel ⇗
WG	Gardiner, John W ⇗
OBS	Huff, Charles Andrew ⇗

B-17G 44-8401 SU*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rice, Robert Eugene ⇗
CP	Gray, Harold Reginald ⇗
N	Richter, Morris Herman ⇗
N-R	McCaine, Jack Mezick ⇗
B	Mathis, Charles Eugene ⇗
RO	Wynn, Francis Xavier ⇗
TT	Deaton, Marshall Taylor ⇗
BT	Spradlin, Clifford Wright ⇗
TG	Kelsey, Donald Edward ⇗
WG	Panici, Raymond Arnold ⇗

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