Mission #279 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

(or hover over any abbreviation)

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

LOADING LISTS FOR MISSION #279 ON 2 March 1945

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R 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 ⇗
BT	Asher, John Herbert ⇗
TG	Hope, Maxwell Banister ⇗
WG	Nyborg, Arlin Orrin ⇗

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Pelt, Charles A ⇗
CP	Gray, Fred Price ⇗
N	Murphy, Edward J ⇗
TOG	Slack, Raymond Carl ⇗
RO	Guentzel, Otto William ⇗
TT	Secrest, Marvin Victor ⇗
BT	Spradlin, Clifford Wright ⇗
TG	Den Herder, Edward (NMI) ⇗
WG	Harrison, James (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Connor, John Michael ⇗
CP	Robinette, Mack (NMI) ⇗
N	Bellavance, Paul Joseph ⇗
TOG	Hollenbeck, Claude (NMI) ⇗
RO	Fulton, Max Johns ⇗
TT	Earl, Willard George ⇗
BT	Kangas, James Kermit ⇗
TG	Ainsworth, Donald James ⇗
WG	Burke, Hal Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report CM 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	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

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	Barber, Raymond Clifford ⇗
BT	Williams, Jack W ⇗
TG	Sorrells, William G ⇗
WG	Rose, William I ⇗

B-17G 42-102661 SU*L Sortie Report SP-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 42-107125 JD*G 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 Height ⇗
TT	Goodman, William Lyle ⇗
BT	Grocki, Robert David ⇗
TG	Meek, Sherman Edward ⇗
WG	Wolcott, Roger (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-107148 JD*P 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 Louis ⇗
BT	Barrett, Robert Byandt ⇗
TG	Deal, Burr Winton ⇗
WG	O'Bryan, William Herbert ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B 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	Uplinger, Everett John ⇗
WG	Mutchler, James Charles ⇗

B-17G 43-38016 SU*R 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 43-38062 SU*A 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 43-38501 BK*C 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 43-38588 BK*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Seavey, Homer Carl ⇗
CP	McKay, James M ⇗
N	Stokes, Lee E ⇗
TOG	Tefft, Gordon Robert ⇗
RO	Plisko, Joseph Steve ⇗
TT	Barnwell, James Mortimer ⇗
BT	Estrin, Leonard (NMI) ⇗
TG	Hyatt, Dale Lee ⇗
WG	Skopek, John (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38630 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Henry, Robert Tyson ⇗
CP	Bentley, Philip Arthur ⇗
N	Bouchard, Wilfred Eugene ⇗
TOG	Lucas, Gabe Roy ⇗
RO	Fluesmeier, Arsdel Louvaine ⇗
TT	Graper, Elmer Worling ⇗
SJ	Scimeca, Frank John ⇗
BT	Bielskis, Peter Julius ⇗
TG	White, Albert D ⇗
WG	Bilka, Steven Gabriel ⇗

B-17G 43-38647 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ramsay, Walter E ⇗
CP	Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence ⇗
N	Walker, Roy J ⇗
B	Wickander, Wallace Homer ⇗
RO	Marberg, Roy Kurt ⇗
TT	Hartman, John Edward ⇗
BT	Lacey, Ray (NMI) ⇗
TG	Matthews, Frederick Donald ⇗
WG	Kotys, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38673 JD*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Burroughs, Edwin Carlton ⇗
CP	Bogli, Harold Robert ⇗
N	Smoot, Gene W ⇗
TOG	Vienna, Howard Bartel ⇗
RO	Misch, Henry Conrad ⇗
TT	Bittke, Carl Frederic ⇗
BT	Sandbek, Phillip Elmore ⇗
TG	Green, James Andrew ⇗
WG	Newberry, Donald Eugene ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Miley, Harold L ⇗
CP	Johnson, Milo A ⇗
N	Steinman, Sanford Jay ⇗
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 43-38801 SU*M Sortie Report 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 43-38974 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jackson, Taylor Hall ⇗
CP	Wright, Donald A ⇗
N	Westervelt, Charles Ephraim ⇗
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 43-38994 BK*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kuite, Donald Warren ⇗
CP	Thomas, Daniel G ⇗
N	Neumann, James Howard ⇗
TOG	Timmons, David Wesley ⇗
RO	Daning, Bernard Lawrence ⇗
TT	Friend, Lynn Merle ⇗
BT	Nead, Harry VanHorn ⇗
TG	Beesley, Delmar James ⇗
WG	Maupin, Vernon Eugene ⇗

B-17G 43-39019 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carpenter, Dean Edward ⇗
CP	Norskog, Vincent Lee ⇗
N	Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Ezell, William Charles ⇗
RO	King, Paul Ralph ⇗
TT	Fulcher, Harold Quillian ⇗
SJ	Eastell, Harry Theodore ⇗
BT	Calhoun, William Ernest ⇗
TG	Franks, Herbert Hassell ⇗
WG	Cobb, Raymond Bruce ⇗

B-17G 43-39053 BK*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams ⇗
CP	Villa, Albert Anthony ⇗
N	Troiano, Frank Anthony ⇗
B	Ryan, Patrick A ⇗
RO	Hensarling, Kinard Dale ⇗
TT	Hanna, Paul Eugene ⇗
SJ	Ehr, Willard (NMI) ⇗
BT	Palmer, Ward Allen ⇗
TG	Milkovich, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Condon, James Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-39060 BK*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ostnes, Leif Robert ⇗
CP	Leighton, Gerald Eugene ⇗
N	Purchase, George Alan ⇗
B	Robinson, John V ⇗
RO	Nepo, Alexander Harry ⇗
TT	Riordan, Victor Joseph ⇗
BT	Beck, Harrison Gerald ⇗
TG	Burns, Harry Worren ⇗
WG	Hamblin, Robert George ⇗

B-17G 43-39131 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rush, Joseph Henry ⇗
CP	Magleby, Calvin Charles ⇗
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 43-39138 SU*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kramer, William Leo ⇗
CP	Wolfe, Jack S ⇗
N	Burk, Paul E ⇗
B	Forristal, John Joseph ⇗
RO	Grimes, Paul John ⇗
TT	Scrivner, Dwight Arnold ⇗
RCM	Pacocha, Edward John ⇗
BT	Pfeiffer, Jack Edward ⇗
TG	Krauss, Keith A ⇗
WG	Lukosavich, Francis John ⇗

B-17G 43-39164 SU*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wright, Edward S ⇗
CP	Von Grimm, Robert NMI ⇗
N	Fell, Charles Linwood ⇗
TOG	Arnold, Robert Baxter ⇗
RO	Kovach, Joseph William ⇗
TT	Jaeger, Melvin George ⇗
RCM	Knagg, John A ⇗
BT	Soules, Robert A ⇗
TG	Holmes, Garland Francis ⇗
WG	Zude, Byron Alvin ⇗

B-17G 43-39197 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Walker, Jay Frank ⇗
P	Williams, Philip Young ⇗
N	Pommer, Edwin Bernard ⇗
B	Roberts, Jack Deighton ⇗
RO	Newman, Leslie Dallas ⇗
TT	Vogel, Daniel (NMI) ⇗
BT	Moody, Nolan E ⇗
TG	Tribbey, William Johnny ⇗
WG	Lawrence, James Herbert ⇗

B-17G 43-39236 SO*A Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smith, Eliot Henry ⇗
CP	Seipold, Charles Frederick ⇗
N	Henly, Harry Richard ⇗
TOG	Witt, Charles Dean ⇗
RO	Hodge, Robert Merrill ⇗
TT	Birkholz, John Melvin ⇗
BT	Asby, Sidney Lee ⇗
TG	Hunt, Harry B ⇗
WG	Adams, Arthur William ⇗

B-17G 44-6590 SU*J 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 44-6882 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Spangler, George Knox ⇗
CP	Yerrick, Allen Gould ⇗
N	Miller, John C ⇗
TOG	Whitsel, Frank Lloyd ⇗
RO	Gardner, Charles L ⇗
TT	Rogers, Donald Vincent ⇗
BT	Marlatt, Guy Clair ⇗
BT	Haney, Milton J ⇗
WG	Martin, Thomas Allison ⇗

B-17G 44-6892 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Milligan, George Robert ⇗
CP	Hastings, David Shove ⇗
N	Beltz, William R ⇗
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 44-6909 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hatch, William Alva ⇗
CP	Wiley, Vernon Lee ⇗
N	Besel, Robert Andrew ⇗
TOG	Summers, William Richard ⇗
RO	Garner, William Perry ⇗
TT	Henderson, Ralph Alman ⇗
BT	Worley, John Thornton ⇗
TG	Lady, Manfred Henry ⇗
WG	Ewing, Robert P ⇗

B-17G 44-8007 JD*Z Sortie Report RTB CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bean, Donald Wesley ⇗
CP	Zakas, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
N	Trombley, Wilfred Joseph ⇗
TOG	Davidson, Charles Wayne ⇗
RO	Dawson, Edward Charles ⇗
TT	Pazjk, Frank Joseph ⇗
BT	Misko, Louis E ⇗
TG	Holz, Henry Joseph ⇗
WG	Kristof, Laddie (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-8008 SU*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Peterson, Calvin James ⇗
CP	Voiland, Eugene Edward ⇗
N	Faulise, Vincent Paul ⇗
N	Blencowe, Frederick Arthur ⇗
B	Epstein, Norman D ⇗
RO	Magilson, Raymond Howard ⇗
TT	Harting, Lester Elias ⇗
TG	Kitzmiller, Richard Gorgas ⇗
WG	Biedrzycki, Theodore (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-8408 JD*C 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	Rallis, Milton (NMI) ⇗
BT	Chaknis, John Manuel ⇗
TG	LaRue, James Russell ⇗
WG	Stolte, Kenneth Louis ⇗

B-17G 44-8580 SO*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Strickland, Alexander Conwell ⇗
P	Zink, Joseph Darrell ⇗
N	Greenfield, Sidney Lloyd ⇗
N	Hushbeck, Elgin Lewis ⇗
N	Rovero, Aldo John ⇗
B	Burcham, Eugene Emmons ⇗
RO	Barth, Raymond Ernest ⇗
TT	Cazer, Vinton Gordon ⇗
TG	MacDonald, Ranald Hugh ⇗
WG	Bronzetti, Warren John ⇗

B-17G 44-8608 SU*B 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 44-8649 BK*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Blankenmeyer, William J ⇗
P	Tuck, Sam Gail ⇗
N	Obermeyer, Robert Henry ⇗
N	Sundeen, William Erhard ⇗
B	Bass, Ross (NMI) ⇗
RO	Fictum, Blair Eugene ⇗
TT	DeMesquita, Seymour Aron ⇗
BT	Work, Robert Elijah ⇗
TG	Portwood, Ray S ⇗
WG	Miller, Irving Leroy ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Haaf, Arthur Herschel ⇗
CP	Hoffman, Dennis M ⇗
N	Stern, Harold M ⇗
TOG	Tompkins, George Cleveland ⇗
RO	Lazzaro, August Michael ⇗
TT	Beardshear, Paul Francis ⇗
BT	Merritt, William Thomas ⇗
TG	Lind, Eldon Warren ⇗
WG	Cayce, Lawrence Wendell ⇗

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