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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

(or hover over any abbreviation)

384TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H) ARMY AIR FORCES STATION NO. 106

LOADING LISTS FOR MISSION #278 ON 1 March 1945

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Drew, James Lawrence ⇗
CP	Rotherham, James H ⇗
N	Keyser, William Ross ⇗
TOG	Seymour, Kenneth Thomas ⇗
RO	Lustig, David Carl ⇗
TT	Lanham, Theodore James ⇗
BT	Snider, William Paul ⇗
TG	Lillico, Douglas Crawford ⇗
WG	Winsby, William Edgar ⇗

B-17G 42-97592 SO*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Hudspeth, Edwin George ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Grove, Alfred W ⇗
CP	Ryan, John C ⇗
N	Hamilton, Frederick Reeves ⇗
TOG	Brubaker, James Melvin ⇗
RO	Wininger, Dexter Gene ⇗
TT	Fulmer, LeRoy Edward ⇗
BT	Marwitz, Raymann Alvin ⇗
TG	Clements, William H ⇗
WG	Harrison, James (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-98027 SU*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Peterson, Calvin James ⇗
CP	Voiland, Eugene Edward ⇗
N	Faulise, Vincent Paul ⇗
N	Lamark, Edward Lincoln ⇗
N	Newman, David E ⇗
B	Epstein, Norman D ⇗
RO	Magilson, Raymond Howard ⇗
TT	Harting, Lester Elias ⇗
TG	Kitzmiller, Richard Gorgas ⇗
WG	Biedrzycki, Theodore (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Nicolai, Edwin George ⇗
CP	Ross, Robert B ⇗
N	Parker, Gilbert Roy ⇗
TOG	Durborow, Clarence James ⇗
RO	Spearman, Eugene (NMI) ⇗
TT	Clemis, Joseph Bernard ⇗
BT	Bongiorno, Peter R ⇗
TG	Peeler, William R ⇗
WG	Whitworth, Charles Edward ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carlson, Russell Edgar ⇗
CP	Zmyndak, William (NMI) ⇗
N	Moore, John R ⇗
B	Rowland, Byron N ⇗
RO	Jerome, Robert John ⇗
TT	Casey, Gordon Francis ⇗
BT	Williams, Jack W ⇗
TG	Sorrells, William G ⇗
WG	Rose, William I ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Turner, Willard Jerome ⇗
CP	Smith, George W ⇗
N	Naum, Robert Edwin ⇗
B	Robinson, Coit McLean ⇗
RO	Ruderman, Joshua Herman ⇗
TT	Davenport, Robert Walter ⇗
BT	Mollica, John Palmer ⇗
TG	Apedaile, Vernon Bernard ⇗
WG	Stover, Robert Harry ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sharp, Alan E ⇗
CP	Gray, Harold Reginald ⇗
N	Gay, Joseph Bates ⇗
TOG	Myers, Ben Rice ⇗
RO	Minter, Louis Arlington ⇗
TT	DeMattei, Laurence Charles ⇗
BT	Volpe, Roland (NMI) ⇗
TG	Meyette, Raymond Perley ⇗
WG	Albro, Bernard Thomas ⇗

B-17G 42-107148 JD*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hicks, Gerald Warden ⇗
CP	Hendricks, Jesse William ⇗
N	Thiefels, Robert James ⇗
TOG	Gussin, John Anthony ⇗
RO	Winner, Charles H ⇗
TT	Goodman, William Lyle ⇗
BT	Grocki, Robert David ⇗
TG	Meek, Sherman Edward ⇗
WG	Wolcott, Roger (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Patterson, Nelton Dreward ⇗
CP	Bowman, Harold Horace ⇗
N	Nicholson, Louis T ⇗
TOG	Alderman, Robert Arthur ⇗
RO	Ritter, Martin Mayhon ⇗
TT	Moriarty, Ernest Condit ⇗
BT	Fickling, Forrest Ellison ⇗
TG	Yetter, William H ⇗
WG	Kalinoski, Frank F ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Haaf, Arthur Herschel ⇗
CP	Hoffman, Dennis M ⇗
N	Steinman, Sanford J ⇗
TOG	Tompkins, George Cleveland ⇗
RO	Lazzaro, August Michael ⇗
TT	Beardshear, Paul Francis ⇗
BT	Merritt, William Thomas ⇗
TG	Lind, Eldon Warren ⇗
WG	Cayce, Lawrence Wendell ⇗

B-17G 43-37971 JD*T 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	Green, James Andrew ⇗
WG	Mutchler, James Charles ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jackson, Taylor Hall ⇗
CP	Wright, Donald A ⇗
N	Westervelt, Charles E ⇗
TOG	King, Jason E (IO) ⇗
RO	Johnson, Clyde Lawrence ⇗
TT	Ford, Charles William ⇗
BT	Garner, George Allen ⇗
TG	Thornber, Hubert Ellwyn ⇗
WG	Panici, Raymond Arnold ⇗

B-17G 43-38630 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bennett, Ralph J ⇗
CP	O'Leary, William Joseph ⇗
N	Cohen, Harvey S ⇗
B	Altgelt, James Ernest ⇗
RO	Davis, Grant Henry ⇗
TT	Bernot, Mike (NMI) ⇗
SJ	Swieso, Oril Herbert ⇗
BT	Berthold, Charles W ⇗
TG	Strong, Gerald M ⇗
WG	Strycek, Joseph John ⇗

B-17G 43-38647 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Shelley, John Keith ⇗
P	Belsinger, Harry Flair ⇗
N	Jones, Albert Eugene ⇗
B	Arnold, Vern L ⇗
RO	Soto, Roman Serrano ⇗
TT	Vickers, Charles Dunnington ⇗
BT	Nieman, Donald F ⇗
TG	Nelson, Marion A ⇗
WG	Ott, Robert Edward ⇗

B-17G 43-38673 JD*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carpenter, Dean Edward ⇗
CP	Norskog, Vincent Lee ⇗
N	Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Krakowski, Joseph Francis ⇗
RO	King, Paul Ralph ⇗
TT	Fulcher, Harold Quillian ⇗
BT	Calhoun, William Ernest ⇗
TG	Franks, Herbert Hassell ⇗
WG	Cobb, Raymond Bruce ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lucas, Roy E ⇗
CP	Swarts, Richard Pearl ⇗
N	Crampton, Robert Byron ⇗
TOG	Perrong, Henry James ⇗
RO	DePeri, Charles Francis ⇗
TT	Reinhardt, Charles L ⇗
BT	Barrett, Robert Byandt ⇗
TG	Deal, Burr Winton ⇗
WG	O'Bryan, William Herbert ⇗

B-17G 43-38752 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ferrell, Oran Luther ⇗
CP	Frankenbery, Lloyd M ⇗
N	Pylman, John Henry ⇗
TOG	Greeley, Raymond May ⇗
RO	Paschall, Joseph Harry ⇗
TT	LeMay, Jack Ray ⇗
BT	Hewitt, Milton Terrel ⇗
TG	Blevins, Donald Hillman ⇗
WG	Himmler, Francis Frederick ⇗

B-17G 43-38757 SO*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Griffin, Robert Stanley ⇗
CP	Geller, Herbert Seymour ⇗
N	Runyon, Royal Arthur ⇗
TOG	Jeffrey, Donald Walter ⇗
RO	Phillips, Philip J ⇗
TT	Marshall, Robert Freeman ⇗
BT	Irons, William Rudolph ⇗
TG	Manbeck, Robert Franklin ⇗
WG	Hickey, Thomas James ⇗

B-17G 43-38800 SO*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Goble, Charles D ⇗
CP	Willis, Carl W ⇗
N	Herndon, William Franklin ⇗
TOG	Holbrook, Howard Ueles ⇗
RO	Hallock, William Skeanes ⇗
TT	Kuehn, Carl Edwin ⇗
BT	Gegus, John Frank ⇗
TG	Dillon, William James ⇗
WG	Scholle, George L ⇗

B-17G 43-38801 SU*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wright, Edward S ⇗
CP	Von Grimm, Robert ⇗
N	Fell, Charles Linwood ⇗
TOG	Arnold, Robert Baxter ⇗
RO	Kovach, Joseph William ⇗
TT	Jaeger, Melvin George ⇗
BT	Soules, Robert A ⇗
TG	Holmes, Garland Francis ⇗
WG	Zude, Byron Alvin ⇗

B-17G 43-38974 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wilson, Robert L ⇗
CP	White, Clinton Gregory ⇗
N	Schempp, George Christian ⇗
TOG	Maguire, John H ⇗
RO	Smith, George B ⇗
TT	Krug, John C ⇗
BT	Belcher, Marvin Alford ⇗
TG	Nighswonger, Clyde Eldon ⇗
WG	Wehner, Charles Jacob ⇗

B-17G 43-39019 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Murphy, William Carey ⇗
CP	Clower, Jack Edwin ⇗
N	Gilbert, William Theodore ⇗
TOG	Staub, Richard William ⇗
RO	Haines, Robert Glenn ⇗
TT	Kelley, John Thomas ⇗
SJ	Pyle, Joseph Edgar ⇗
BT	Chaknis, John Manuel ⇗
TG	LaRue, James Russell ⇗
WG	Stolte, Kenneth Louis ⇗

B-17G 43-39131 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Graehl, Russell E ⇗
CP	Horrigan, Thomas J ⇗
N	Skrocki, Casimir Stanley ⇗
TOG	Steinberg, William Herman ⇗
RO	Kajka, Frank Andrew ⇗
TT	Alderson, William E ⇗
BT	Crawford, Donald Lee ⇗
TG	Hunter, William Pierce ⇗
WG	McKee, William R ⇗

B-17G 43-39138 SU*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Reed, Verlin Dean ⇗
CP	Johnson, Howard K ⇗
N	Weiss, Morris B ⇗
B	Forristal, John Joseph ⇗
RO	Grimes, Paul John ⇗
TT	Bobbitt, Charles Rufus ⇗
RCM	Knagg, John A ⇗
BT	Leighton, Robert Raymond ⇗
TG	Vermillion, Eugene Carroll ⇗
WG	Gariepy, Ernest J ⇗

B-17G 43-39164 SU*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pierce, Oscar William ⇗
CP	Espey, Albert Nolan ⇗
N	Claflin, Richard Edwin ⇗
TOG	Rozkuski, William Bernard ⇗
RO	Palmer, Eldo L ⇗
TT	Taylor, Charles E ⇗
RCM	Pacocha, Edward J ⇗
BT	Miller, Irving Leroy ⇗
TG	Polowy, Thaddeus (NMI) ⇗
WG	Neubauer, Robert Paul ⇗

B-17G 43-39203 BK*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cathey, George Warlick ⇗
CP	Hinds, John W ⇗
N	Hertz, Morton (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Brief, Leonard Thomas ⇗
RO	Roy, John G J ⇗
TT	Smith, Alfred Clem ⇗
BT	Duncan, David (NMI) ⇗
TG	LaRue, Ray Edward ⇗
WG	Kalan, Frank M ⇗

B-17G 43-39236 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Scherokman, Edward (NMI) ⇗
CP	McClelland, Gerald W ⇗
N	Eng, Howard Won ⇗
TOG	Barr, Daniel Francis ⇗
RO	Adams, Patrick J ⇗
TT	Wilkens, William John ⇗
BT	Ancel, Orval Joseph ⇗
TG	Ross, Arthur Woodland ⇗
WG	Chesney, Michael (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-6590 SU*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kowats, Daniel Frank ⇗
CP	Whitlow, Lloyd William ⇗
N	Hesko, Alfred Dominic ⇗
TOG	Campbell, William R ⇗
RO	Peel, Ralph Edward ⇗
TT	Dunn, William Stanley ⇗
BT	Petrosky, Raymond John ⇗
TG	Moerdyk, Herbert William ⇗
WG	Trolin, Neil Bernard ⇗

B-17G 44-6882 BK*J Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lewis, Charles Allyn ⇗
CP	Schmansky, Richard Edward ⇗
N	Young, Dewey W ⇗
TOG	Nestor, Edward J ⇗
RO	Summers, Wayne Norman ⇗
TT	Quigley, Q A (IO) ⇗
BT	Adams, Frank Robert ⇗
TG	Cooper, Gerald L ⇗
WG	Ulrich, Theodore H ⇗

B-17G 44-6892 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Milligan, George Robert ⇗
CP	Hastings, David Shove ⇗
N	Murphy, Edward J ⇗
TOG	Morpeth, Clarence Robinson ⇗
RO	Brooks, William Ralph ⇗
TT	Ray, Virgie Newton ⇗
BT	Horvath, Emil Louis ⇗
TG	Cline, Ellis Wallace ⇗
WG	Finstad, Berton Robert ⇗

B-17G 44-6898 SO*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tebo, Clerance L ⇗
CP	Hall, Freeman Alexander ⇗
N	Trombley, Wilfred Joseph ⇗
TOG	Casper, Delmar Rulon ⇗
RO	Ry's, Henry A ⇗
TT	Waldron, Jack Theodore ⇗
BT	Nance, Dale Richard ⇗
TG	Williams, John Otto ⇗
WG	Kristof, Laddie (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-6909 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Shuff, Charles Bernard ⇗
CP	White, William F ⇗
N	Birney, Robert Charles ⇗
B	Abbott, Charles R ⇗
RO	Harrison, Erwin Jack ⇗
TT	Henricks, Bernard Joseph ⇗
SJ	Schuster, Harold Ludwig ⇗
BT	Lesko, George Joseph ⇗
TG	Cramer, George Edward ⇗
WG	Britton, Joseph Rodman ⇗

B-17G 44-6923 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	MacKellar, Donald Allen ⇗
CP	Carroll, James E ⇗
N	Cebulski, Leo Carl ⇗
B	Horoff, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
RO	Misch, Henry Conrad ⇗
TT	Calvin, Edmond Ernest ⇗
BT	Sandbek, Phillip Elmore ⇗
TG	Graham, Ralph R ⇗
WG	Connell, Harvey Clarence ⇗

B-17G 44-8007 JD*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Snyder, Roy E ⇗

B-17G 44-8008 SU*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Hightshoe, Clarence Cecil ⇗

B-17G 44-8211 BK*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Burkhart, Charles Joseph ⇗

B-17G 44-8408 JD*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jerome, Edwin Anthony ⇗
CP	Stoecker, John George ⇗
N	Hawkins, Theodore Richard ⇗
TOG	Gordon, Stuart C ⇗
RO	Levison, Jules Sidney ⇗
TT	Holtz, Russell Edward ⇗
SJ	Oberski, Richard Michael ⇗
BT	Asher, John Herbert ⇗
TG	Hope, Maxwell Banister ⇗
WG	Nyborg, Arlin Orrin ⇗

B-17G 44-8541 BK*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Hutchinson, Thomas Dale ⇗
P	Kinkead, Robert Miller ⇗	Wounded
N	Sharp, Paul Howard ⇗
N	Stoltze, Albert C ⇗
B	Cox, Frank LeRoy ⇗
RO	Hart, Kenneth Cecil ⇗
TT	Fields, Arnold Esbond ⇗
TG	MacDonald, Ranald Hugh ⇗
WG	Humphrey, Loren K ⇗

B-17G 44-8608 SU*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Moorhead, Harris Leroy ⇗
CP	Montague, Jack Dean ⇗
N	Bauer, Frank Martin ⇗
TOG	Highley, Derek Rowland ⇗
RO	Frenz, Lawrence Philip ⇗
TT	Gazaway, Otto Wayne ⇗
BT	Westling, Robert Arnold ⇗
TG	Cruggs, Merlin Westley ⇗
WG	Lysaght, James Henry ⇗

B-17G 44-8668 SO*V Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Parker, George Frederick ⇗
P	Warner, Henry L ⇗
N	Zeligson, Robert Lee ⇗
N	Rashbaum, Maurice (NMI) ⇗
B	Mathis, Charles Eugene ⇗
RO	Jenkins, Ernest Norman ⇗
TT	Seidel, John Clarence ⇗
BT	Poulsen, Leonard Irvin ⇗
TG	Portwood, Ray S ⇗
WG	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Baughman, John R ⇗
CP	Carney, William Robert ⇗
N	Clark, Alen H ⇗
TOG	Ezell, William Charles ⇗
RO	Cohen, Henry Hennig ⇗
TT	Baysinger, Ellwill Orrin ⇗
BT	Calongne, Ashley Joseph ⇗
TG	Uplinger, Ernest J ⇗
WG	Poggioli, John A ⇗

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