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Mission #298 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 #298 ON 26 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	Strutz, La Verne Herman ⇗
RO	Shaffer, John Burkey ⇗
TT	Sweny, Burdette H ⇗
BT	Ross, Samuel Calvin ⇗
TG	Albrandt, Waldemar Reinholt ⇗
WG	Campbell, Roy Howard ⇗

B-17G 42-38208 SO*A 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 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	Stolte, Kenneth Louis ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Miller, John C ⇗
CP	Gray, Harold Reginald ⇗
N	Adams, John Howard ⇗
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 42-102459 SU*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Byron L ⇗
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	Poulsen, Leonard Irvin ⇗

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	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	Vermillion, Eugene Carroll ⇗

B-17G 42-107125 JD*G 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	Adams, Jack Colvin ⇗

B-17G 43-37717 JD*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	MacDonald, Ranald Hugh ⇗
CP	Clower, Jack Edwin ⇗
N	Gilbert, William Theodore ⇗
TOG	Staub, Richard William ⇗
RO	Haines, Robert Glenn ⇗
TT	Clark, Coral Clifton ⇗
BT	Chaknis, John Manuel ⇗
TG	LaRue, James Russell ⇗
WG	Humphrey, Loren K ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B 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	Worley, John Thornton ⇗
TG	Lady, Manfred Henry ⇗
WG	Ewing, Robert P ⇗

B-17G 43-37971 JD*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Baughman, John R ⇗
CP	Murray, John Phillip ⇗
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	Leavitt, Philip Neldon ⇗
CP	Vrana, Ralph John ⇗
N	Field, Edward (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Gustitus, Clarence Charles ⇗
RO	Nepo, Alexander Harry ⇗
TT	Oglesby, Howard Jasper ⇗
BT	Kangas, James Kermit ⇗
TG	Matthews, Frederick Donald ⇗
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	Vogel, Daniel (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	Henry, Robert Tyson ⇗
CP	Bentley, Philip Arthur ⇗
N	Bouchard, Wilfred Eugene ⇗
TOG	Lucas, Gabe Roy ⇗
RO	Fluesmeier, Arsdel Louvaine ⇗
TT	Graper, Elmer Worling ⇗
SJ	Scimeca, Frank John ⇗
BT	Bielskis, Peter Julius ⇗
TG	White, Albert D ⇗
WG	Bilka, Steven Gabriel ⇗

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	Calongne, Ashley Joseph ⇗
TG	Hope, Maxwell Banister ⇗
WG	Nyborg, Arlin Orrin ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report SP-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 43-38766 BK*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Magleby, Calvin Charles ⇗
CP	Ellis, William H ⇗
N	Kindl, Rudolph W ⇗
B	Roberts, Jack Deighton ⇗
RO	Daning, Bernard L ⇗
TT	Campbell, Franklin R ⇗
BT	Estrin, Leonard (NMI) ⇗
TG	Lawrence, James Herbert ⇗
WG	Skopek, John (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38801 SU*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Nicolai, Edwin George ⇗
CP	Ross, Robert B ⇗
N	Parker, Gilbert Roy ⇗
TOG	Rozkuski, William Bernard ⇗
RO	Spearman, Eugene (NMI) ⇗
TT	Clemis, Joseph Bernard ⇗
BT	Bongiorno, Peter R ⇗
TG	Peeler, William R ⇗
WG	Whitworth, Charles Edward ⇗

B-17G 43-38974 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Pelt, Charles A ⇗
CP	Johnson, Howard K ⇗
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	Voiland, Eugene Edward ⇗
CP	Saxton, John C ⇗
N	Rouse, Roscoe (NMI) ⇗
B	Means, Bert George ⇗
RO	Smith, William Weston ⇗
TT	Wilcher, Charles Nelson ⇗
SJ	Rallis, Milton (NMI) ⇗
BT	Farrell, Richard Cornwall ⇗
TG	Kitzmiller, Richard Gorgas ⇗
WG	Mutchler, James Charles ⇗

B-17G 43-39131 BK*B Sortie Report RETE 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	Edwards, Thomas M ⇗
RO	Palmer, Eldo L ⇗
TT	Taylor, Charles E ⇗
RCM	Knagg, John A ⇗
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	Ostnes, Leif Robert ⇗
CP	Leighton, Gerald Eugene ⇗
N	Purchase, George Alan ⇗
B	Robinson, John V ⇗
RO	Newman, Leslie Dallas ⇗
TT	Riordan, Victor Joseph ⇗
BT	Beck, Harrison Gerald ⇗
TG	Burns, Harry Worren ⇗
WG	Hamblin, Robert George ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jordan, Theodore Gustav ⇗	KIA
CP	Schumacher, Elmer Ray ⇗	Seriously Wounded
N	Kyllo, Orville Eldon ⇗	Wounded
TOG	O'Bryan, William Herbert ⇗	Wounded
RO	Thompson, James R ⇗	Wounded
TT	Rieder, John Charles ⇗	Seriously Wounded
BT	Colburn, Cecil Robert ⇗	Wounded
TG	Schwertfeger, Norman Henry ⇗	Wounded
WG	Bianconi, Natale Pasquale ⇗	Wounded

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 44-6514 SO*Q Sortie Report SCR
Position	Name	Status
P	Meitzler, Roy Albert ⇗

B-17G 44-6882 BK*J 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	Condon, James Robert ⇗

B-17G 44-6892 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Montgomery, Robert W ⇗
CP	Tarro, John Peter ⇗
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 44-6909 BK*H Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Richardson, George P ⇗
CP	Bastianelli, John Michael ⇗
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	Early, James Walker ⇗

B-17G 44-8211 BK*Z Sortie Report CF CC (Weather A/C)
Position	Name	Status
P	Smisek, William Joseph ⇗

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	Pyle, Joseph Edgar ⇗
BT	Sandbek, Phillip Elmore ⇗
TG	Kotnik, Robert Rudolph ⇗
WG	Newberry, Donald Eugene ⇗

B-17G 44-8580 SO*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Chmura, Edward (NMI) ⇗
P	Gilmer, Charles E ⇗
N	Barr, David T ⇗
N	Rashbaum, Maurice (NMI) ⇗
B	Banks, Clyde P ⇗
RO	Alessi, Vincent (NMI) ⇗
TT	Murdza, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
TG	Scarce, James Richard ⇗
WG	Locke, Warren Franklin ⇗

B-17G 44-8608 SU*B 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) ⇗
RCM	Moore, George Elmer ⇗
BT	Schwartz, George Elmer ⇗
TG	Chamberlain, Leon De ⇗
WG	Matthews, William James ⇗

B-17G 44-8665 SO*W Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Laboda, Joseph Stanley ⇗
P	Peterson, Calvin James ⇗
N	Carr, Robert John ⇗
N	Kettler, Edgar Frederick ⇗
B	Slachetka, Henry Joseph ⇗
RO	Magilson, Raymond Howard ⇗
TT	Harting, Lester Elias ⇗
TG	Early, Francis Moale ⇗
WG	Bronzetti, Warren John ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carney, William Robert ⇗
CP	Hoffman, Dennis M ⇗
N	Hollenbeck, Leonard Avenel ⇗
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 44-8789 JD*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Booska, Maurice Arthur ⇗
P	Tuck, Sam Gail ⇗
N	Melchionni, Bruno Frank ⇗
N	Newman, David E ⇗
N	Cochran, John Edward ⇗
B	McClure, Oscar Milton ⇗
RO	Deeg, John Vincent ⇗
TT	Bobbitt, Charles Rufus ⇗
TG	Dobson, Roy E ⇗
WG	Payne, Albert M ⇗

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