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Mission #287 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 #287 ON 12 March 1945

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Blagg, John Anthony ⇗
CP	Grant, Jerome L ⇗
N	McVicker, Robert Francis ⇗
B	Orton, Victor B ⇗
RO	Shaffer, John Burkey ⇗
TT	Sweny, Burdette H ⇗
BT	Ross, Samuel Calvin ⇗
TG	Albrandt, Waldemar Reinholt ⇗
WG	Campbell, Roy Howard ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N 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 ⇗
BT	Read, Alfred J ⇗
TG	Polowy, Thaddeus (NMI) ⇗
WG	Neubauer, Robert Paul ⇗

B-17G 42-37822 SU*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Turner, Willard Jerome ⇗
CP	Smith, George W ⇗
N	Naum, Robert Edwin ⇗
TOG	Lewandowski, Leo Joseph ⇗
RO	Ruderman, Joshua Herman ⇗
TT	DeMesquita, Seymour Aron ⇗
BT	Mollica, John Palmer ⇗
TG	Apedaile, Vernon Bernard ⇗
WG	Stover, Robert Harry ⇗

B-17G 42-97271 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Burroughs, Edwin Carlton ⇗
CP	Stoecker, John George ⇗
N	Smoot, Gene W ⇗
TOG	Vienna, Howard Bartel ⇗
RO	Misch, Henry Conrad ⇗
TT	Bittke, Carl Frederic ⇗
BT	Cardell, Raymond Howard ⇗
TG	Graham, Ralph R ⇗
WG	Hatcher, John F ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Leavitt, Philip Neldon ⇗
CP	Vrana, Ralph John ⇗
N	Field, Edward (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Gustitus, Clarence Charles ⇗
RO	Turton, Robert Lawrence ⇗
TT	Oglesby, Howard Jasper ⇗
BT	Kangas, James Kermit ⇗
TG	Davis, Thomas Arnold ⇗
WG	Duncan, Donald Ramsey ⇗

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	Carpenter, Dean Edward ⇗
CP	Norskog, Vincent Lee ⇗
N	Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Strutz, La Verne Herman ⇗
RO	King, Paul Ralph ⇗
TT	Fulcher, Harold Quillian ⇗
BT	Calhoun, William Ernest ⇗
TG	Franks, Herbert Hassell ⇗
WG	Cobb, Raymond Bruce ⇗

B-17G 42-107148 JD*P 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 ⇗
BT	Chaknis, John Manuel ⇗
TG	LaRue, James Russell ⇗
WG	Stolte, Kenneth Louis ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wright, Edward S ⇗
CP	Von Grimm, Robert ⇗
N	Fell, Charles Linwood ⇗
TOG	Arnold, Robert Baxter ⇗
RO	Dawson, Edward Charles ⇗
TT	Jaeger, Melvin George ⇗
BT	Soules, Robert A ⇗
TG	Holmes, Garland Francis ⇗
WG	Zude, Byron Alvin ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Schauer, William Carl ⇗
CP	McKay, Van Robert ⇗
N	Gallop, Willis Hodges ⇗
TOG	Frankel, Daniel (NMI) ⇗
RO	Cooksey, Vernon Edward ⇗
TT	Tumlin, Lamar (NMI) ⇗
BT	Shaffer, Claude Gordon ⇗
TG	Stewart, Kenneth Jack ⇗
WG	Condon, Francis Raymond ⇗

B-17G 43-38016 SU*R 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 43-38062 SU*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Pelt, Charles A ⇗
CP	Jamison, Joseph F ⇗
N	Murphy, Edward J ⇗
TOG	Slack, Raymond Carl ⇗
RO	Guentzel, Otto William ⇗
TT	Secrest, Marvin Victor ⇗
RCM	Pacocha, Edward J ⇗
BT	Miller, Irving Leroy ⇗
TG	Den Herder, Edward (NMI) ⇗
WG	Harrison, James (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38548 BK*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Festersen, John Carl ⇗
CP	Miller, LaVerne Sayre ⇗
N	Sullivan, William R ⇗
B	Gatlin, Maurice Brooks ⇗
RO	McNabb, Frederick J ⇗
TT	Cobb, Roy D ⇗
BT	Titsworth, Charles Wayne ⇗
TG	Beesley, Delmar James ⇗
WG	Sobota, John Edward ⇗

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	Asby, Sidney Lee ⇗
TG	Reilly, John F ⇗
WG	Messenger, Forrest Junior ⇗

B-17G 43-38630 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Donnell, Alonzo McWilliams ⇗
CP	Villa, Albert Anthony ⇗
N	Troiano, Frank Anthony ⇗
B	Mitchell, Jacklin Wilson ⇗
RO	Hensarling, Kinard Dale ⇗
TT	Hanna, Paul Eugene ⇗
BT	Moody, Nolan E ⇗
TG	Richardson, Harold Leroy ⇗
WG	Condon, James Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-38647 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lucas, Roy E ⇗
CP	Swarts, Richard Pearl ⇗
N	Stern, Harold M ⇗
TOG	Perrong, Henry James ⇗
RO	DePeri, Charles Francis ⇗
TT	Reinhardt, Charles L ⇗
SJ	Rallis, Milton (NMI) ⇗
BT	Barrett, Robert Byandt ⇗
TG	Deal, Burr Winton ⇗
WG	O'Bryan, William Herbert ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Miley, Harold L ⇗
CP	Johnson, Milo A ⇗
N	Steinman, Sanford J ⇗
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 43-38766 BK*R Sortie Report SP-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 ⇗
BT	Janicki, Edward Zygmund ⇗
TG	Hyatt, Dale Lee ⇗
WG	Penn, Walter Richard ⇗

B-17G 43-38800 SO*K Sortie Report SP-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 43-38974 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Miller, John C ⇗
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	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

B-17G 43-38994 BK*Q Sortie Report 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	Lacey, Ray (NMI) ⇗
TG	Stanick, Paul Jacob ⇗
WG	Thorne, Richard W ⇗

B-17G 43-39019 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hewes, Charles Pershing ⇗
CP	Murray, John Phillip ⇗
N	Beltz, William R ⇗
B	Frantzen, Donald J ⇗
RO	Smith, William Weston ⇗
TT	Wilcher, Charles Nelson ⇗
SJ	Pyle, Joseph Edgar ⇗
BT	Farrell, Richard Cornwall ⇗
TG	Thompson, LeDru Myron ⇗
WG	Mutchler, James Charles ⇗

B-17G 43-39060 BK*F 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 ⇗
SJ	Lawrence, Dwight Prescott ⇗
BT	Mendias, Ferdinand J ⇗
TG	Ainsworth, Donald James ⇗
WG	Burke, Hal Eugene ⇗

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	Kramer, William Leo ⇗
CP	Wolfe, Jack S ⇗
N	Burk, Paul E ⇗
B	Robitzki, Walter Stanley ⇗
RO	Korabiak, Henry (NMI) ⇗
TT	Scrivner, Dwight Arnold ⇗
RCM	Moore, George Elmer ⇗
BT	Pfeiffer, Jack Edward ⇗
TG	Krauss, Keith A ⇗
WG	Lukosavich, Francis J ⇗

B-17G 43-39164 SU*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Sperry, Dale Marshall ⇗
CP	Wright, Donald A ⇗
N	Westervelt, Charles E ⇗
TOG	King, Jason E (IO) ⇗
RO	Johnson, Clyde Lawrence ⇗
TT	Robb, Gordon Lee ⇗
BT	Garner, George Allen ⇗
TG	Thornber, Hubert Ellwyn ⇗
WG	Gibson, Vergil LeRoy ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jordan, Theodore Gustav ⇗
CP	Schumacher, Elmer Ray ⇗
N	Kyllo, Orville Eldon ⇗
TOG	Gordon, Stuart C ⇗
RO	Thompson, James R ⇗
TT	Rieder, John Charles ⇗
BT	Colburn, Cecil Robert ⇗
TG	Schwertfeger, Norman Henry ⇗
WG	Bianconi, Natale Pasquale ⇗

B-17G 44-6514 SO*Q 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 L ⇗
TT	Campbell, Franklin R ⇗
BT	Beck, Harrison Gerald ⇗
TG	Matthews, Frederick Donald ⇗
WG	Hamblin, Robert George ⇗

B-17G 44-6882 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Henry, Robert Tyson ⇗
CP	Bragg, Weldon Carey ⇗
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 44-6892 SU*D 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 ⇗

B-17G 44-6909 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tatulis, Charles Paul ⇗
CP	Stern, Vernon Mark ⇗
N	Steffen, Willis William ⇗
TOG	Timmons, David Wesley ⇗
RO	Hanson, Charles Henry ⇗
TT	Quon, Mingwah Albert ⇗
SJ	Wall, James A ⇗
BT	Anderson, Carl Ellsworth ⇗
TG	Werner, Richard H ⇗
WG	Peck, Hubert Raymond ⇗

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	Loffarelli, Clarence Peter ⇗
TT	Calvin, Edmond Ernest ⇗
BT	Courtney, Raymond F ⇗
TG	Brown, Charles Stout ⇗
WG	Connell, Harvey Clarence ⇗

B-17G 44-8211 BK*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ramsay, Walter E ⇗
CP	Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence ⇗
N	Soliday, David Shriver ⇗
N	Walker, Roy J ⇗
N	Rashbaum, Maurice (NMI) ⇗
B	Wickander, Wallace Homer ⇗
RO	Marberg, Roy Kurt ⇗
TT	Hartman, John Edward ⇗
TG	Milkovich, John (NMI) ⇗
WG	Kotys, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-8430 BK*P 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	Dameron, Fred (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-8541 BK*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Carnes, Joe Ross ⇗
P	Ultcht, John Preston ⇗
N	Britt, Leo Thomas ⇗
N	Sundeen, William Erhard ⇗
N	Burkhart, Charles Joseph ⇗
B	Long, Noal Edward ⇗
RO	Whear, Harold Lewis ⇗
TT	Pobega, Rudolph (NMI) ⇗
BT	Alexander, Virgil Lawrence ⇗
TG	Kozup, Andrew (NMI) ⇗
WG	Payne, Albert M ⇗

B-17G 44-8649 BK*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Strickland, Alexander Conwell ⇗
P	Kinnaird, William Robert ⇗
N	Rovero, Aldo John ⇗
N	Hushbeck, Elgin Lewis ⇗
N	Mason, Mark ⇗
B	Burcham, Eugene Emmons ⇗
RO	Hart, Kenneth Cecil ⇗
TT	Bauer, Henry (NMI) ⇗
TG	MacDonald, Ranald Hugh ⇗
WG	Pohlmann, John H ⇗

B-17G 44-8665 SO*W Sortie Report CF CC (Weather A/C)
Position	Name	Status
P	Shelley, John Keith ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Baughman, John R ⇗
CP	Carney, William Robert ⇗
N	Hollenbeck, Leonard Avenel ⇗
TOG	Elliott, William Richard ⇗
RO	Cohen, Henry Hennig ⇗
TT	Baysinger, Ellwill Orrin ⇗
BT	Barbosa, Roy (NMI) ⇗
TG	Novak, Michael (NMI) ⇗
WG	Poggioli, John A ⇗

B-17G 44-8789 JD*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Zink, Joseph Darrell ⇗
P	Boyette, Irving H ⇗
N	Janovic, Lawrence Joseph ⇗
N	McCutcheon, David A ⇗
B	Wehe, Robert Louis ⇗
RO	Lucas, William (NMI) ⇗
TT	Cazer, Vinton Gordon ⇗
TG	Early, Francis Moale ⇗
WG	Bronzetti, Warren John ⇗

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