Mission #281 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 #281 ON 4 March 1945

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cathey, George Warlick ⇗
CP	Hinds, John W ⇗
N	Hertz, Morton (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Davis, Dixon (NMI) ⇗
RO	Roy, John G J ⇗
TT	Smith, Alfred Clem ⇗
BT	Duncan, David (NMI) ⇗
TG	LaRue, Ray Edward ⇗
WG	Kalan, Frank M ⇗

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C 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 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Magleby, Calvin Charles ⇗
CP	Ellis, William H ⇗
N	Kindl, Rudolph W ⇗
TOG	Adams, Arthur William ⇗
RO	Daning, Bernard Lawrence ⇗
TT	Campbell, Franklin R ⇗
BT	Anderson, Carl Ellsworth ⇗
TG	Surma, Andrew William ⇗
WG	Skopek, John (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U 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 42-97986 JD*A 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) ⇗
BT	Berthold, Charles W ⇗
TG	Strong, Gerald M ⇗
WG	Strycek, Joseph John ⇗

B-17G 42-98027 SU*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kramer, William Leo ⇗
CP	Wolfe, Jack S ⇗
N	Burk, Paul E ⇗
N	Allmon, Lorne Lyle ⇗
N	Burkhart, Charles Joseph ⇗
B	Long, Noal Edward ⇗
RO	Jenkins, Ernest Norman ⇗
TT	Scrivner, Dwight Arnold ⇗
TG	Krauss, Keith A ⇗
WG	Lukosavich, Francis John ⇗
WG	Pfeiffer, Jack Edward ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Graehl, Russell E ⇗
CP	Horrigan, Thomas James ⇗
N	Skrocki, Casimir Stanley ⇗
TOG	Davidson, Charles Wayne ⇗
RO	Kajka, Frank Andrew ⇗
TT	Alderson, William E ⇗
BT	Crawford, Donald Lee ⇗
TG	Hunter, William Pierce ⇗
WG	McKee, William R ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Funk, Donald Olsen ⇗
CP	Mingo, Andrew Caesar ⇗
N	Schlitz, Lester Eugene ⇗
TOG	Perrong, Henry James ⇗
RO	Midura, Ernest Alvin ⇗
TT	Showers, Henry Herbert ⇗
BT	Steed, Robert Lynn ⇗
TG	Bland, Dwain B ⇗
WG	Maurer, Joseph Aloysious ⇗

B-17G 42-107125 JD*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sperry, Dale Marshall ⇗
CP	Miller, John C ⇗
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 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Patterson, Nelton Dreward ⇗
CP	Bowman, Harold Horace ⇗
N	Nicholson, Louis Thorbjorn ⇗
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 43-37971 JD*T 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 43-38016 SU*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Snyder, Roy E ⇗

B-17G 43-38548 BK*M 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 ⇗
BT	Lesko, George Joseph ⇗
TG	Cramer, George Edward ⇗
WG	Britton, Joseph Rodman ⇗

B-17G 43-38588 BK*D 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	Beck, Harrison Gerald ⇗
TG	Ainsworth, Donald James ⇗
WG	Burke, Hal Eugene ⇗

B-17G 43-38647 SO*D 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 ⇗
SJ	Waggoner, Harold Lewis ⇗
BT	Hewitt, Milton Terrel ⇗
TG	Blevins, Donald Hillman ⇗
WG	Himmler, Francis Frederick ⇗

B-17G 43-38747 BK*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Festersen, John Carl ⇗
CP	Miller, LaVerne Sayre ⇗
N	Sullivan, William R ⇗
B	Matthews, Carl N ⇗
RO	McNabb, Frederick J ⇗
TT	Cobb, Roy D ⇗
BT	Titsworth, Charles Wayne ⇗
TG	Davis, Thomas Arnold ⇗
WG	Duncan, Donald Ramsey ⇗

B-17G 43-38752 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Whitesides, John Boyce ⇗
CP	Moxley, John Carper ⇗
N	McGowan, James Alton ⇗
B	Mitchell, Jacklin Wilson ⇗
RO	Dube, Roland Raymond ⇗
TT	Sayers, Francis Asbury ⇗
BT	Shields, Howard Earl ⇗
TG	Dupas, Emmett George ⇗
WG	Bergner, Lee Ray ⇗

B-17G 43-38801 SU*M 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 43-38994 BK*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kuite, Donald Warren ⇗
CP	Schaaf, Herbert Henry ⇗
N	Fox, Jacob Wesley ⇗
TOG	Gustitus, Clarence Charles ⇗
RO	Turton, Robert Lawrence ⇗
TT	Friend, Lynn Merle ⇗
BT	Moody, Nolan E ⇗
TG	Simpson, Billy J ⇗
WG	Beesley, Delmar James ⇗

B-17G 43-39035 SO*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tebo, Clerance L ⇗
CP	Hall, Freeman Alexander ⇗
N	Trombley, Wilfred Joseph ⇗
TOG	Brief, Leonard Thomas ⇗
RO	Ry's, Henry A ⇗
TT	Waldron, Jack Theodore ⇗
	Nance, Dale Richard ⇗
TG	Williams, John Otto ⇗
WG	McNeff, Charles Leo ⇗

B-17G 43-39053 BK*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tatulis, Charles Paul ⇗
CP	Stern, Vernon Mark ⇗
N	Steffen, Willis William ⇗
TOG	Martin, Thomas Allison ⇗
RO	Hanson, Charles Henry ⇗
TT	Quon, Mingwah Albert ⇗
SJ	Wall, James A ⇗
BT	White, Donald Edward ⇗
TG	Werner, Richard H ⇗
WG	Peck, Hubert Raymond ⇗

B-17G 43-39060 BK*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gregg, William G ⇗
CP	Wade, Roger John ⇗
N	Whipple, Robert M ⇗
TOG	Oliveira, Calvin George ⇗
RO	Hester, Cecil Adolph ⇗
TT	Olson, Clifford Edward ⇗
SJ	Lawrence, Dwight Prescott ⇗
BT	Janicki, Edward Zygmund ⇗
TG	Hyatt, Dale Lee ⇗
WG	Penn, Walter Richard ⇗

B-17G 43-39131 BK*B 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 43-39138 SU*G 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 ⇗
BT	Soules, Robert A ⇗
TG	Holmes, Garland Francis ⇗
WG	Zude, Byron Alvin ⇗

B-17G 43-39164 SU*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Milligan, George Robert ⇗
CP	Hastings, David Shove ⇗
N	Crampton, Robert Byron ⇗
TOG	Morpeth, Clarence Robinson ⇗
RO	Brooks, William Ralph ⇗
TT	Ray, Virgie Newton ⇗
RCM	Knagg, John A ⇗
BT	Horvath, Emil Louis ⇗
TG	Cline, Ellis Wallace ⇗
WG	Finstad, Berton Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-39197 BK*K 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	Marks, George Peabody ⇗
WG	Kotys, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-39203 BK*L 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 ⇗
BT	Bielskis, Peter Julius ⇗
TG	White, Albert D ⇗
WG	Bilka, Steven Gabriel ⇗

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 44-6514 SO*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Goble, Charles D ⇗
CP	Willis, Carl W ⇗
N	Marsh, Harold E ⇗
TOG	Holbrook, Howard Ueles ⇗
RO	Hallock, William Skeanes ⇗
TT	Mendez, Bernard Garcia ⇗
BT	Misko, Louis E ⇗
TG	Holz, Henry Joseph ⇗
WG	Pazjk, Frank Joseph ⇗

B-17G 44-6590 SU*J 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 ⇗
RCM	Moore, George Elmer ⇗
BT	Bongiorno, Peter R ⇗
TG	Peeler, William R ⇗
WG	Whitworth, Charles Edward ⇗

B-17G 44-6882 BK*J 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	Kangas, James Kermit ⇗
TG	Reilly, John F ⇗
WG	Messenger, Forrest Junior ⇗

B-17G 44-6898 SO*H Sortie Report 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) ⇗
SJ	Schuster, Harold Ludwig ⇗
BT	Adams, Frank Robert ⇗
TG	Cooper, Gerald L ⇗
WG	Ulrich, Theodore H ⇗

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 44-6923 JD*J 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 44-8008 SU*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
N	Calnitz, Jerome (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-8211 BK*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Shelley, John Keith ⇗
P	Belsinger, Harry Flair ⇗
N	Ward, Robert C ⇗
N	Calnitz, Jerome (NMI) ⇗
N	McCaine, Jack Mezick ⇗
B	Muller-Thym, Lambert (NMI) ⇗
RO	Soto, Roman Serrano ⇗
TT	Vickers, Charles Dunnington ⇗
TG	Nelson, Marion A ⇗
WG	Sobers, Charles James ⇗

B-17G 44-8541 BK*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bean, Arthur E ⇗
P	McKay, William Monroe ⇗
N	Shattuck, Jack Dale ⇗
N	Blencowe, Frederick Arthur ⇗
N	Wakser, Sanford Harry ⇗
B	Smith, George Kitchen ⇗
RO	Vickroy, Ralph Louis ⇗
TT	Roupe, Harry Leroy ⇗
TG	Tozer, Phillo Raymond ⇗
WG	Tidwell, Eldes Dee ⇗

B-17G 44-8668 SO*V Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Walker, Jay Frank ⇗
P	McLean, William S ⇗
N	Pommer, Edwin Bernard ⇗
N	Rashbaum, Maurice (NMI) ⇗
B	Roberts, Jack Deighton ⇗
RO	Newman, Leslie Dallas ⇗
TT	Vogel, Daniel (NMI) ⇗
TG	Lawrence, James Herbert ⇗
WG	Tribbey, William Johnny ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*D 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 44-8789 JD*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Knaur, John Sherman ⇗
CP	Gustafson, Charles Louis ⇗
N	Woodward, Raymond B ⇗
TOG	Lutton, Walter Clarence ⇗
RO	DeCrappeo, Salvatore Edward ⇗
TT	Paschkowski, Stanley (NMI) ⇗
BT	Schwartz, George Elmer ⇗
TG	Chamberlain, Leon De ⇗
WG	Matthews, William James ⇗

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