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Mission #296 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 #296 ON 24 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 ⇗
TOG	Elliott, William Richard ⇗
RO	Shaffer, John Burkey ⇗
TT	Sweny, Burdette H ⇗
BT	Ross, Samuel Calvin ⇗
TG	Albrandt, Waldemar Reinholt ⇗
WG	Campbell, Roy Howard ⇗

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	Merritt, William Thomas ⇗

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	Casey, Gordon Francis ⇗
BT	Williams, Jack W ⇗
TG	Sorrells, William G ⇗
WG	Rose, William I ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K 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 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Spangler, George Knox ⇗
CP	Goodson, John Schley ⇗
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	Early, James Walker ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	MacDonald, Ranald Hugh ⇗
CP	Dott, Donald Shropshire ⇗
N	Rouse, Roscoe (NMI) ⇗
B	Means, Bert George ⇗
RO	Beall, Charles H ⇗
TT	Clark, Coral Clifton ⇗
BT	Chapman, Ralph Reese ⇗
TG	Graham, Ralph R ⇗
WG	Pohlmann, John H ⇗

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 43-38501 BK*C 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 43-38588 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	Murdza, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
BT	Asby, Sidney Lee ⇗
TG	Reilly, John F ⇗
WG	Messenger, Forrest Junior ⇗

B-17G 43-38647 SO*D 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	Zude, Byron Alvin ⇗

B-17G 43-38673 JD*L 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	Kotnik, Robert Rudolph ⇗
TG	Hope, Maxwell Banister ⇗
WG	Nyborg, Arlin Orrin ⇗

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 43-38747 BK*N 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	Hunt, Harry B ⇗
WG	Sobota, John Edward ⇗

B-17G 43-38752 SO*O 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 43-38757 SO*L 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	Duncan, Donald Ramsey ⇗
WG	Rudolph, Marvin Irving ⇗

B-17G 43-38766 BK*R 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	Estrin, Leonard (NMI) ⇗
TG	Burns, Harry Worren ⇗
WG	Skopek, John (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38801 SU*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Byron L ⇗
CP	Montgomery, Robert W ⇗
N	Goldsmith, Alan E ⇗
B	Brockett, Wendell Greene ⇗
RO	O'Brien, Robert E ⇗
TT	Knapp, Thomas Henry ⇗
BT	Baird, Robert Samuel ⇗
TG	Glass, Lois, Vernon ⇗
WG	Dufour, Ralph Kenneth ⇗

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 ⇗
SJ	Wall, James A ⇗
BT	Moody, Nolan E ⇗
TG	Stanick, Paul Jacob ⇗
WG	Thorne, Richard W ⇗

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	Eastell, Harry Theodore ⇗
BT	Chaknis, John Manuel ⇗
TG	LaRue, James Russell ⇗
WG	Stolte, Kenneth Louis ⇗

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	Pierce, Oscar William ⇗
CP	Espey, Albert Nolan ⇗
N	Claflin, Richard Edwin ⇗
B	Forristal, John Joseph ⇗
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 43-39164 SU*F 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 43-39197 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ramsay, Walter E ⇗
CP	Schaaf, Herbert Henry ⇗
N	Walker, Roy J ⇗
B	Wickander, Wallace Homer ⇗
RO	Marberg, Roy Kurt ⇗
TT	Hartman, John Edward ⇗
BT	Palmer, Ward Allen ⇗
TG	Kotys, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
WG	Tribbey, William Johnny ⇗

B-17G 43-39236 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Miller, John C ⇗
CP	Gray, Harold Reginald ⇗
N	Courtney, Cy David Francis ⇗
TOG	Myers, Ben Rice ⇗
RO	Minter, Louis Arlington ⇗
TT	DeMattei, Laurence Charles ⇗
BT	Volpe, Roland (NMI) ⇗
TG	Vermillion, Eugene Carroll ⇗
WG	Payne, Albert M ⇗

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	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 44-6476 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gray, Fred Price ⇗
CP	Strang, Walter David ⇗
N	Merriam, David Eugene ⇗
B	Einstein, Oliver Leon ⇗
RO	Kustra, Michael (NMI) ⇗
TT	McCullough, John Randolph ⇗
BT	Donini, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
TG	Bull, Joe Walter ⇗
WG	Paine, Thomas J ⇗

B-17G 44-6882 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Richardson, George P ⇗
CP	Tozer, Phillo Raymond ⇗
N	Zimmerman, John Hubert ⇗
TOG	Wasserman, Noa (NMI) ⇗
RO	McCollum, Norris Lafayette ⇗
TT	Hernandez, Miguel (NMI) ⇗
BT	Tidwell, Eldes Dee ⇗
TG	Boyer, Lyle Joseph ⇗
WG	Marks, George Peabody ⇗

B-17G 44-6892 SU*D 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	Morpeth, Clarence Robinson ⇗
BT	Mollica, John Palmer ⇗
TG	Apedaile, Vernon Bernard ⇗
WG	Stover, Robert Harry ⇗

B-17G 44-6898 SO*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hatch, William Alva ⇗
CP	Wiley, Vernon Lee ⇗
N	Troiano, Frank Anthony ⇗
TOG	Gustitus, Clarence Charles ⇗
RO	Garner, William Perry ⇗
TT	Henderson, Ralph A ⇗
SJ	Lawrence, Dwight Prescott ⇗
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	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	Bronzetti, Warren John ⇗

B-17G 44-8211 BK*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Parker, George Frederick ⇗
P	Warner, Henry L ⇗
N	Zeligson, Robert Lee ⇗
N	Newman, David E ⇗
N	Warner, Stanley E ⇗
B	Mathis, Charles Eugene ⇗
RO	Jenkins, Ernest Norman ⇗
TT	Seidel, John Clarence ⇗
TG	Portwood, Ray S ⇗
WG	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

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 44-8541 BK*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Hutchinson, Thomas Dale ⇗
P	Boyette, Irving H ⇗
N	Sharp, Paul Howard ⇗
N	Hushbeck, Elgin Lewis ⇗
N	Hollenbeck, Leonard Avenel ⇗
B	Cox, Frank LeRoy ⇗
RO	Barth, Raymond Ernest ⇗
TT	Bauer, Henry (NMI) ⇗
TG	Uplinger, Ernest J ⇗
WG	Cardell, Raymond Howard ⇗

B-17G 44-8608 SU*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wilson, Robert L ⇗
CP	White, Clinton Gregory ⇗
N	Schempp, George Christian ⇗
TOG	Poulsen, Leonard Irvin ⇗
RO	Smith, George B ⇗
TT	Krug, John C ⇗
RCM	Pacocha, Edward J ⇗
BT	Belcher, Marvin Alford ⇗
TG	Nighswonger, Clyde Eldon ⇗
WG	Wehner, Charles Jacob ⇗

B-17G 44-8665 SO*W Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Zink, Joseph Darrell ⇗
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	Jones, Ernest Theodore ⇗
WG	Adams, Jack Colvin ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Saxton, John C ⇗
CP	Voiland, Eugene Edward ⇗
N	Beltz, William R ⇗
TOG	O'Bryan, William Herbert ⇗
RO	Lazzaro, August Michael ⇗
TT	Beardshear, Paul Francis ⇗
BT	Calongne, Ashley Joseph ⇗
TG	Lind, Eldon Warren ⇗
WG	Humphrey, Loren K ⇗

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