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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 #294 ON 22 March 1945

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R 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 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bowman, Harold Horace ⇗
CP	Mingo, Andrew Caesar ⇗
N	Marsh, Harold E ⇗
TOG	Maurer, Joseph Aloysious ⇗
RO	Midura, Ernest Alvin ⇗
TT	Showers, Henry Herbert ⇗
BT	Steed, Robert Lynn ⇗
TG	Bland, Dwain B ⇗
WG	Fickling, Forrest Ellison ⇗

B-17G 42-97592 SO*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Walker, Jay Frank ⇗
P	McLean, William S ⇗
N	Pommer, Edwin Bernard ⇗
N	Rashbaum, Maurice (NMI) ⇗
N	Soliday, David Shriver ⇗
B	Roberts, Jack Deighton ⇗
RO	Newman, Leslie Dallas ⇗
TT	Vogel, Daniel (NMI) ⇗
TG	Lawrence, James Herbert ⇗
WG	Tribbey, William Johnny ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U 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 42-102459 SU*O 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	Moerdyk, Herbert William ⇗
TG	Trolin, Neil Bernard ⇗
WG	Petrosky, Raymond John ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bradford, James W ⇗
CP	Moxley, John Carper ⇗
N	McGowan, James Alton ⇗
TOG	Davis, Dixon (NMI) ⇗
RO	Mumma, Adin Wolgemuth ⇗
TT	Kuehn, Carl Edwin ⇗
BT	Cantwell, Richard L ⇗
TG	Strong, Gerald M ⇗
WG	Berthold, Charles W ⇗

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

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Zakas, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
CP	Horrigan, Thomas J ⇗
N	Skrocki, Casimir Stanley ⇗
TOG	McKee, William R ⇗
RO	Kajka, Frank Andrew ⇗
TT	Alderson, William E ⇗
BT	Crawford, Donald Lee ⇗
TG	Hunter, William Pierce ⇗
WG	Drew, John Edward ⇗	Wounded

B-17G 43-38501 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hatch, William Alva ⇗
CP	Wiley, Vernon Lee ⇗
N	Troiano, Frank Anthony ⇗
TOG	Summers, William Richard ⇗
RO	Garner, William Perry ⇗
TT	Henderson, Ralph A ⇗
BT	Anderson, Carl Ellsworth ⇗
TG	Matthews, Frederick Donald ⇗
WG	Kotys, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38548 BK*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Leavitt, Philip Neldon ⇗
CP	Vrana, Ralph John ⇗
N	Field, Edward (NMI) ⇗
B	Payne, Lloyd Clarence ⇗
RO	Nepo, Alexander Harry ⇗
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 43-38630 SO*G Sortie Report LAT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Shuff, Charles Bernard ⇗
CP	White, William F ⇗
N	Birney, Robert Charles ⇗
TOG	Alderman, Robert Arthur ⇗
RO	Harrison, Erwin Jack ⇗
TT	Henricks, Bernard Joseph ⇗
SJ	Swieso, Oril Herbert ⇗
BT	Cramer, George Edward ⇗
TG	Britton, Joseph Rodman ⇗
WG	Lesko, George Joseph ⇗	KIA

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 ⇗
BT	Hewitt, Milton Terrel ⇗
TG	Blevins, Donald Hillman ⇗
WG	Himmler, Francis Frederick ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F 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 43-38752 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Whitesides, John Boyce ⇗
CP	Aitken, Robert Partington ⇗
N	Sparks, Kenneth (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Brief, Leonard Thomas ⇗
RO	Dube, Roland Raymond ⇗
TT	Sayers, Francis Asbury ⇗
BT	Shields, Howard Earl ⇗
TG	Dupas, Emmett George ⇗
WG	Bergner, Lee Ray ⇗

B-17G 43-38766 BK*R 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	Mendias, Ferdinand J ⇗
TG	Beesley, Delmar James ⇗
WG	Burke, Hal Eugene ⇗

B-17G 43-38801 SU*M 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 43-38974 SU*H 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 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	Moody, Nolan E ⇗
TG	Stanick, Paul Jacob ⇗
WG	Thorne, Richard W ⇗

B-17G 43-39019 JD*A Sortie Report SP-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 ⇗
SJ	Wall, James A ⇗
BT	Titsworth, Charles Wayne ⇗
TG	Hunt, Harry B ⇗
WG	Sobota, John Edward ⇗

B-17G 43-39131 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rush, Joseph Henry ⇗
CP	Schneider, Andrew J ⇗
N	Mitchell, John Glenn ⇗
TOG	Parker, Kenneth J ⇗
RO	Fleming, John William ⇗
TT	White, Donald Edward ⇗
BT	Harris, Robert B ⇗
TG	Didion, Gilbert William ⇗
WG	Condon, James Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-39138 SU*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wright, Edward S ⇗
CP	Von Grimm, Robert ⇗
N	Green, Billy A ⇗
B	Forristal, John Joseph ⇗
RO	Kovach, Joseph William ⇗
TT	Jaeger, Melvin George ⇗
RCM	Moore, George Elmer ⇗
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
P	Ostnes, Leif Robert ⇗
CP	Leighton, Gerald Eugene ⇗
N	Purchase, George Alan ⇗
B	Robinson, John V ⇗
RO	Marberg, Roy Kurt ⇗
TT	Riordan, Victor Joseph ⇗
BT	Beck, Harrison Gerald ⇗
TG	Burns, Harry Worren ⇗
WG	Hamblin, Robert George ⇗

B-17G 43-39203 BK*L Sortie Report SP-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	Estrin, Leonard (NMI) ⇗
TG	Surma, Andrew William ⇗	Wounded
WG	Skopek, John (NMI) ⇗

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 44-6109 JD*Q 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	Alexander, Virgil Lawrence ⇗

B-17G 44-6476 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Miller, John C ⇗
CP	Gray, Harold Reginald ⇗
N	Adams, John H ⇗
TOG	Myers, Ben Rice ⇗
RO	Minter, Louis Arlington ⇗
TT	DeMattei, Laurence Charles ⇗
BT	Volpe, Roland (NMI) ⇗
TG	Meyette, Raymond Perley ⇗
WG	Dameron, Fred (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 44-6514 SO*Q Sortie Report 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 44-6882 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Spangler, George Knox ⇗
CP	Koutrouba, Evan Peter ⇗
N	Neumann, James Howard ⇗
TOG	Whitsel, Frank Lloyd ⇗
RO	Gardner, Charles L ⇗
TT	Rogers, Donald Vincent ⇗
BT	Carney, Walter Arthur ⇗
TG	Line, Harold Ivan ⇗
WG	Haney, Milton J ⇗

B-17G 44-6892 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Nicolai, Edwin George ⇗
CP	Ross, Robert B ⇗
N	Parker, Gilbert Roy ⇗
TOG	Morpeth, Clarence Robinson ⇗
RO	Spearman, Eugene (NMI) ⇗
TT	Clemis, Joseph Bernard ⇗
BT	Bongiorno, Peter R ⇗
TG	Peeler, William R ⇗
WG	Whitworth, Charles Edward ⇗

B-17G 44-6898 SO*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smisek, William Joseph ⇗
CP	Rotherham, James H ⇗
N	Cohen, Harvey S ⇗
B	Abbott, Charles R ⇗
RO	Lustig, David Carl ⇗
TT	Pazjk, Frank J ⇗
SJ	Waggoner, Harold Lewis ⇗
BT	Misko, Louis E ⇗
TG	Holz, Henry Joseph ⇗
WG	Krupsky, Howard Clarence ⇗

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	Wasserman, Noa (NMI) ⇗
RO	McCollum, Norris Lafayette ⇗
TT	Hernandez, Miguel (NMI) ⇗
SJ	Lawrence, Dwight Prescott ⇗
BT	Lacey, Ray (NMI) ⇗
TG	Boyer, Lyle Joseph ⇗
WG	Early, James Walker ⇗

B-17G 44-6923 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jordan, Theodore Gustav ⇗
CP	Schumacher, Elmer Ray ⇗
N	Kyllo, Orville Eldon ⇗
TOG	Hensley, Clyde Wilburn ⇗
RO	Thompson, James R ⇗
TT	Rieder, John Charles ⇗
BT	Colburn, Cecil Robert ⇗
TG	Schwertfeger, Norman Henry ⇗
WG	Bianconi, Natale Pasquale ⇗

B-17G 44-8211 BK*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Bean, Donald W ⇗
P	Patterson, Nelton Dreward ⇗
N	Schlitz, Lester Eugene ⇗
N	Burkhart, Charles Joseph ⇗
N	McCaine, Jack Mezick ⇗
B	Denton, Horace Bruce ⇗
RO	Dawson, Edward Charles ⇗
TT	Kalinoski, Frank F ⇗
TG	Yetter, William H ⇗
WG	Moriarty, Ernest Condit ⇗

B-17G 44-8430 BK*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Drew, James Lawrence ⇗
CP	Meitzler, Roy Albert ⇗
N	Herndon, William Franklin ⇗
TOG	Seymour, Kenneth Thomas ⇗
RO	Ritter, Martin Mayhon ⇗
TT	Lanham, Theodore James ⇗
BT	Snider, William Paul ⇗
TG	Lillico, Douglas Crawford ⇗
WG	Winsby, William Edgar ⇗

B-17G 44-8541 BK*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth ⇗
P	Smith, Jack M ⇗
N	Cavanaugh, William Daniel ⇗
N	Lucyshyn, John (NMI) ⇗
N	Snyder, Roy E ⇗
B	Frazier, William Edward ⇗
RO	Benson, Thomas Joseph ⇗
TT	Robb, Gordon Lee ⇗
WG	Vickers, Charles Dunnington ⇗
OBS	Huff, Charles Andrew ⇗

B-17G 44-8608 SU*B 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	Groom, William Emmett ⇗
BT	Read, Alfred J ⇗
TG	Polowy, Thaddeus (NMI) ⇗
WG	Neubauer, Robert Paul ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*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 ⇗

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