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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 #291 ON 18 March 1945

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carpenter, Dean Edward ⇗
CP	Norskog, Vincent Lee ⇗
N	Ladendorff, Edmund (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Cobb, Raymond Bruce ⇗
RO	King, Paul Ralph ⇗
TT	Fulcher, Harold Quillian ⇗
BT	Calhoun, William Ernest ⇗
TG	Franks, Herbert Hassell ⇗
WG	Hatcher, John F ⇗

B-17G 42-97271 JD*A 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 42-97309 JD*C 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 ⇗
BT	Barrett, Robert Byandt ⇗
TG	Deal, Burr Winton ⇗
WG	O'Bryan, William Herbert ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U 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 42-98027 SU*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ramsay, Walter E ⇗
CP	Koutrouba, Evan Peter ⇗
N	Walker, Roy J ⇗
N	Rashbaum, Maurice (NMI) ⇗
B	Wickander, Wallace Homer ⇗
RO	Marberg, Roy Kurt ⇗
TT	Hartman, John Edward ⇗
BT	Werner, Richard H ⇗
WG	Kotys, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-102459 SU*O 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	Gariepy, Ernest J ⇗
BT	Garner, George Allen ⇗
TG	Thornber, Hubert Ellwyn ⇗
WG	Miller, Irving Leroy ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Haaf, Arthur Herschel ⇗
CP	Hoffman, Dennis M ⇗
N	Rouse, Roscoe (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Elliott, William Richard ⇗
RO	Lazzaro, August Michael ⇗
TT	Beardshear, Paul Francis ⇗
BT	Merritt, William Thomas ⇗
TG	Lind, Eldon Warren ⇗
WG	Cayce, Lawrence Wendell ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K 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 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jerome, Edwin Anthony ⇗
CP	Bogli, Harold Robert ⇗
N	Hawkins, Theodore Richard ⇗
TOG	Gordon, Stuart C ⇗
RO	Levison, Jules Sidney ⇗
TT	Holtz, Russell Edward ⇗
BT	Phillips, William R ⇗
TG	Hope, Maxwell Banister ⇗
WG	Nyborg, Arlin Orrin ⇗

B-17G 43-37971 JD*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Baughman, John R ⇗
CP	Carney, William Robert ⇗
N	Clark, Alen H ⇗
B	Adinolfi, Prisco Arthur ⇗
RO	Cohen, Henry Hennig ⇗
TT	Baysinger, Ellwill Orrin ⇗
BT	Barbosa, Roy (NMI) ⇗
TG	Novak, Michael (NMI) ⇗
WG	Poggioli, John A ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A 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 43-38501 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Leavitt, Philip Neldon ⇗
CP	Vrana, Ralph John ⇗
N	Field, Edward (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Rudolph, Marvin Irving ⇗
RO	Hanson, Charles Henry ⇗
TT	Oglesby, Howard Jasper ⇗
BT	Kangas, James Kermit ⇗
TG	Davis, Thomas Arnold ⇗
WG	Duncan, Donald Ramsey ⇗

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 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Saxton, John C ⇗
CP	Dott, Donald Shropshire ⇗
N	Crampton, Robert Byron ⇗
TOG	Hensley, Clyde Wilburn ⇗
RO	Beall, Charles H ⇗
TT	Hall, William Richard ⇗
BT	Calongne, Ashley Joseph ⇗
TG	Graham, Ralph R ⇗
WG	Humphrey, Loren K ⇗

B-17G 43-38747 BK*N 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	Tidwell, Eldes Dee ⇗
TG	Stanick, Paul Jacob ⇗
WG	Thorne, Richard W ⇗

B-17G 43-38766 BK*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gregg, William G ⇗
CP	Wade, Roger John ⇗
N	Whipple, Robert M ⇗
B	Payne, Lloyd Clarence ⇗
RO	Hester, Cecil Adolph ⇗
TT	Quon, Mingwah Albert ⇗
BT	Janicki, Edward Zygmund ⇗
TG	Hyatt, Dale Lee ⇗
WG	Penn, Walter Richard ⇗

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 ⇗
TOG	Lewandowski, Leo Joseph ⇗
RO	Ruderman, Joshua Herman ⇗
TT	Morpeth, Clarence Robinson ⇗
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	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 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	Rallis, Milton (NMI) ⇗
BT	Chaknis, John Manuel ⇗
TG	LaRue, James Russell ⇗
WG	Stolte, Kenneth Louis ⇗

B-17G 43-39053 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 ⇗
SJ	Wall, James A ⇗
BT	Mendias, Ferdinand J ⇗
TG	Ainsworth, Donald James ⇗	Wounded
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	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	Dameron, Fred (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-39197 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hatch, William Alva ⇗
CP	Wiley, Vernon Lee ⇗
N	Todd, Joseph W ⇗
TOG	Summers, William Richard ⇗
RO	Garner, William Perry ⇗
TT	Henderson, Ralph A ⇗
BT	Worley, John Thornton ⇗
TG	Lady, Manfred Henry ⇗
WG	Ewing, Robert P ⇗

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

B-17G 44-6476 BK*G 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 44-6590 SU*J 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 ⇗
BT	Spradlin, Clifford Wright ⇗
TG	Den Herder, Edward (NMI) ⇗
WG	Harrison, James (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-6882 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Spangler, George Knox ⇗
CP	Bragg, Weldon Carey ⇗
N	Neumann, James Howard ⇗
TOG	Whitsel, Frank Lloyd ⇗
RO	Gardner, Charles L ⇗
TT	Rogers, Donald Vincent ⇗
BT	Carney, Walter Arthur ⇗
TG	Haney, Milton J ⇗
WG	Peck, Hubert Raymond ⇗

B-17G 44-6892 SU*D 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 44-6898 SO*H 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 ⇗
RCM	Groom, William Emmett ⇗
BT	Marwitz, Raymann Alvin ⇗
TG	Clements, William H ⇗
WG	Gibson, Vergil LeRoy ⇗

B-17G 44-6909 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Richardson, George P ⇗
CP	Kloss, Stanley Frank ⇗
N	Zimmerman, John Hubert ⇗
TOG	Cropp, Thomas Edison ⇗
RO	McCollum, Norris Lafayette ⇗
TT	Hernandez, Miguel (NMI) ⇗
SJ	Lawrence, Dwight Prescott ⇗
BT	Lacey, Ray (NMI) ⇗
TG	Boyer, Lyle Joseph ⇗
WG	Line, Harold Ivan ⇗

B-17G 44-6923 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	MacKellar, Donald Allen ⇗
CP	Carroll, James E ⇗
N	Bierman, Robert (NMI) ⇗
B	Horoff, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
RO	Smith, William Weston ⇗
TT	Clark, Coral Clifton ⇗
BT	Courtney, Raymond F ⇗
TG	Brown, Charles Stout ⇗
WG	Connell, Harvey Clarence ⇗

B-17G 44-8408 JD*C 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 ⇗
SJ	Oberski, Richard Michael ⇗
BT	Sandbek, Phillip Elmore ⇗
TG	Hanrahan, John E ⇗
WG	Newberry, Donald Eugene ⇗

B-17G 44-8430 BK*P Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Goble, Charles D ⇗
CP	Willis, Carl W ⇗
N	Nicholson, Louis T ⇗
TOG	Holbrook, Howard Ueles ⇗
RO	Hallock, William Skeanes ⇗
TT	Mendez, Bernard Garcia ⇗
BT	Gegus, John Frank ⇗
TG	York, Carroll Raymond ⇗
WG	Scholle, George L ⇗

B-17G 44-8649 BK*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bean, Arthur E ⇗
P	McKay, William Monroe ⇗
N	Shattuck, Jack Dale ⇗
N	Blencowe, Frederick Arthur ⇗
N	Miller, John C ⇗
B	Smith, George Kitchen ⇗
RO	Vickroy, Ralph L ⇗
TT	Roupe, Harry Leroy ⇗
TG	Stern, Vernon Mark ⇗
WG	Simpson, Billy J ⇗

B-17G 44-8665 SO*W Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Parker, George Frederick ⇗
P	Warner, Henry L ⇗
N	Zeligson, Robert Lee ⇗
N	McCutcheon, David A ⇗
B	Mathis, Charles Eugene ⇗
RO	Jenkins, Ernest Norman ⇗
TT	Seidel, John Clarence ⇗
TG	Portwood, Ray S ⇗
WG	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*D Sortie Report SP-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 44-8789 JD*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Doran, William Elmer ⇗
P	Welsh, James H ⇗
N	Greenfield, Sidney Lloyd ⇗
N	Wilson, Roger Earl ⇗
B	Towers, Leo Frank ⇗
RO	Loffarelli, Clarence Peter ⇗
TT	Werner, Edwin J ⇗
TG	Thompson, LeDru Myron ⇗
WG	Adams, Jack Colvin ⇗

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