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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 #28 ON 4 October 1943

B-17F 41-24560 SU*A Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jacobs, Randolph George Edward ⇗
CP	Boger, Eugene Arthur ⇗
N	Curtin, John Quinn ⇗
TOG	Wager, Lawrence Holmes ⇗
RO	Cloud, Doy Jennings ⇗
TT	Goetz, Jack Keith ⇗
BT	Gorham, Donald Frederick ⇗
TG	Compton, Robert Lewis ⇗
WG	Van Riper, Charles (NMI) ⇗
WG	Gregori, Aldo Joseph ⇗

B-17F 42-3087 SO*O,A Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fields, Leon (NMI) ⇗
CP	Kaczaraba, William (NMI) ⇗
N	Horsky, Marvin Lewis ⇗
B	Wirth, Theodore Matthew ⇗
RO	Peifer, Wilbur Alan ⇗
TT	Honeycutt, John Samuel ⇗
BT	Craden, Solomon (NMI) ⇗
TG	Polley, George Gibson ⇗
WG	Gilrane, Harry Alexander ⇗
WG	Parker, Peter Franklin ⇗

B-17F 42-3218 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Harris, George Warren ⇗
P	Algar, Philip Morris ⇗
N	Celentano, Frank A ⇗
TOG	Thompson, James Westerfield ⇗
RO	Gerow, Francis (NMI) ⇗
TT	Laviolette, Roland Bernard ⇗
BT	McKay, Kenneth Mitchel ⇗
TG	Majewski, Casmer Robert ⇗
WG	Yeater, James Thomas ⇗
WG	Schimenek, John Francis ⇗

B-17F 42-3429 SU*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Estes, Thomas Jefferson ⇗
CP	Jorgenson, Henry (NMI) ⇗
N	DuBois, John Jay ⇗
B	Pierce, Kermit Aubrey ⇗
RO	Wagner, Fred S ⇗
TT	Cochran, David Leon ⇗
BT	Ursta, George (NMI) ⇗
TG	McDuffie, Burton Curtis ⇗
WG	Bumpers, Frederick Scott ⇗
WG	Self, James Melvin ⇗

B-17F 42-3440 SU*B,P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sprague, Alfred Lee ⇗
CP	Hurley, Joseph Anthony ⇗
N	Baldwin, Pendleton Gaines ⇗
TOG	McDuff, Robert William ⇗
RO	Duro, Victor Henry ⇗
TT	Marshall, Dean William ⇗
BT	Redding, George Thomas ⇗
TG	Aune, Rudolph (NMI) ⇗
WG	Abramowitz, Abraham Bernhard ⇗
WG	Hope, Leroy Hunter ⇗

B-17F 42-3441 SO*E Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ogilvie, Donald Potter ⇗
CP	Kilmer, Robert Bruce ⇗
N	Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph ⇗
B	Wilson, William Hollis ⇗
RO	Murray, James Raymond ⇗
TT	Hood, Emmett Alexander ⇗
BT	McKeon, James William ⇗
TG	Ratkiewicz, Louis Lawrence ⇗
WG	Martin, William Enoch ⇗
WG	Sylvia, Francis Robert ⇗

B-17F 42-5051 SU*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carpenter, Walter Richard ⇗
CP	Kennedy, John Benton ⇗
N	Hedin, Carl Anton ⇗
B	Altman, Murray David ⇗
RO	Fallesen, Wayne Peter ⇗
TT	McCracken, Dwight Howard ⇗
BT	O'Leary, Edward Joseph ⇗
TG	Leibring, Clarence Paul ⇗
WG	Zyglowicz, Bernard Frank ⇗
WG	Girard, Donald Robert ⇗

B-17F 42-5086 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wilson, William Monroe ⇗
CP	Rabby, Carlos James ⇗
N	Belk, Robert Kirk ⇗
B	Crown, Richard Keith ⇗
RO	Compton, James Harold ⇗
TT	Birnbaum, Lester (NMI) ⇗
BT	Heintzelman, David Leroy ⇗
TG	Greene, Frank Palmer ⇗
WG	Myers, Guy Albert ⇗	KIA
WG	Stamm, Murray Raymond ⇗

B-17F 42-5404 JD*M Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Robinson, Robert Lawrence ⇗
CP	Baylor, Robert Bledsoe ⇗
N	Holzbaur, Frederick Morris ⇗
B	Kramer, Herman Drummond ⇗
RO	Stumpf, Howard Martin ⇗
TT	Johnston, Thomas Theadora ⇗
BT	Maziarka, Stanley Walter ⇗
TG	Ripley, Carlyle David ⇗
WG	Plummer, Frederick Wayne ⇗
WG	Porter, Edward Eugene ⇗

B-17F 42-5444 JD*N Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jacobs, Randolph George Edward ⇗
CP	Boger, Eugene Arthur ⇗
N	Curtin, John Quinn ⇗
TOG	Wager, Lawrence Holmes ⇗
RO	Cloud, Doy Jennings ⇗
TT	Goetz, Jack Keith ⇗
BT	Gorham, Donald Frederick ⇗
TG	Compton, Robert Lewis ⇗
WG	Van Riper, Charles (NMI) ⇗
WG	Gregori, Aldo Joseph ⇗

B-17F 42-5838 SO*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Dillingham, Maurice Stanley ⇗
CP	Frink, Horace Everett ⇗
N	Hegstad, Lester Olaf ⇗
B	Carlson, Clyde Pemberton ⇗
RO	Griffith, Roy Wesley ⇗
TT	Ralston, William Clark ⇗
BT	Shelton, William Abner ⇗
WG	Savage, Clyde Henry ⇗
WG	McNutt, Julius Frederick ⇗
OBS	Martin, Rudolph Alfred ⇗

B-17F 42-29554 JD*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Yelvington, Melton Albert ⇗
CP	Manning, Raymond Walter ⇗
N	Broat, Arthur E ⇗	Wounded
B	Cecil, Boyd Allen ⇗
RO	Sigler, Edwin Robert ⇗
TT	Smith, Bob (NMI) ⇗
BT	Paige, Robert Eugene ⇗
TG	Albertson, Harry Edward ⇗
WG	Davis, Edward Douglas ⇗
WG	Capps, Milburn Perry ⇗

B-17F 42-29712 BK*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnson, Erwin Crawford ⇗
CP	Gadd, Elliott Leroy ⇗
N	Bailey, William Eugene ⇗
B	Littleton, George James ⇗
RO	Ranallo, Sam David ⇗
TT	Hunt, Leo Albert ⇗
BT	Couture, Clement Adrian ⇗
TG	Parsons, Lawrence Lincoln ⇗
WG	Fless, Gustave (NMI) ⇗
WG	Baker, Earl Shelton ⇗

B-17F 42-29768 SO*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Willing, Mark Skinner ⇗
CP	Kopf, William Everett ⇗
N	Haley, Bruce Thomas ⇗
B	Brown, Robert E ⇗
RO	Soto, Roman Serrano ⇗
TT	Holloway, Durwood Harmon ⇗
BT	Ott, Robert Edward ⇗
TG	Pharr, Keating Sams ⇗
WG	Smith, Walter Blaine ⇗
WG	Ripley, Seth Thomas ⇗

B-17F 42-29809 JD*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bedsole, Joseph Linyer ⇗
CP	Riggins, George Clifton ⇗
N	Groh, Harold Chester ⇗
B	Wismann, William Charles ⇗
RO	Madden, Joseph Francis ⇗
TT	Maruszak, Karol Leonard ⇗
BT	Hotis, Leo Constantine ⇗
TG	McMichael, Marion Louis ⇗
WG	Mazewski, Michael Henry ⇗
WG	Woodall, Arthur James ⇗

B-17F 42-29814 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ingles, John Thomas ⇗
CP	Pratt, Harry Mitchell ⇗
N	Ruman, Charles Logan ⇗
B	Mason, Earl Carter ⇗
RO	Smith, Lawrence Waith ⇗
TT	Morrison, Clarence Theodore ⇗
BT	Farley, John Francis ⇗
TG	Brescia, Alfred Joseph ⇗
WG	Spaulding, Charles Arnold ⇗
WG	Janes, Carl Warner ⇗

B-17F 42-29927 BK*B,SO*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carter, T L (IO) ⇗
CP	Smith, Harry Bailey ⇗
N	Garrison, Keith M ⇗
B	Smith, Harvey Daniel ⇗
RO	Benson, Thomas Joseph ⇗
TT	Treat, Royal DeWitt ⇗
BT	Loomis, Dorman George ⇗
TG	Pastorella, John Paul ⇗
WG	Nichols, Melvin Allen ⇗
WG	Hubbard, Warren Emmett ⇗

B-17F 42-30033 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Harry, William Russell ⇗
CP	MacPhail, Philip Ray ⇗
N	Black, David Hall ⇗
B	Mannka, Charles Pershing ⇗
RO	Simpson, Edward Francis ⇗
TT	Wheeler, Tom Brooks ⇗
BT	McKenna, John Conat ⇗
TG	Parent, Leroy (NMI) ⇗
WG	Markus, Julius Martin ⇗
WG	Drennan, Robert Gerard ⇗

B-17F 42-30043 SO*V Sortie Report DIT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kauffman, Giles Felker ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
CP	Molnar, George (NMI) ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
N	Pogorzelski, Frank (NMI) ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
B	Lacroix, James Joseph ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
RO	Beck, Jules Theodore ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
TT	Jarrell, William (NMI) ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
BT	Martinez, Jacob Mendoza ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
TG	Reuben, Stanley Thomas ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
WG	Spodar, Paul (NMI) ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
WG	Seniawsky, Peter (NMI) ⇗	Ditched, Rescued

B-17F 42-30196 BK*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Keller, Lawrence Larry ⇗
CP	Odell, Marion Dale ⇗
N	Hart, Jerome Fraser ⇗
B	Gross, Kenneth Elbert ⇗
RO	Vansandt, Wallie Havis ⇗
TT	Jacoby, Virgilio (NMI) ⇗
BT	McClean, Harold Keith ⇗
TG	Jellings, Charles Albert ⇗
WG	Maloney, John Edward ⇗
WG	Philippi, Norbert Francis ⇗

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