Mission #304 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 #304 ON 5 April 1945

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 ⇗

B-17G 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Meitzler, Roy Albert ⇗
CP	Sundius, Robert W ⇗
N	Courtney, Cy David Francis ⇗
B	Grater, James Cornelius ⇗
RO	Mozden, Chester (NMI) ⇗
TT	Klasen, John Paul ⇗
BT	Duckworth, Robert Franklin ⇗
TG	Hudson, Louis David ⇗

B-17G 42-97309 JD*C 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 ⇗

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	Nepo, Alexander Harry ⇗
TT	Oglesby, Howard Jasper ⇗
BT	Kangas, James Kermit ⇗
TG	Duncan, Donald Ramsey ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Pelt, Charles A ⇗
CP	McGill, Arthur C ⇗
N	Snyder, Roy E ⇗
TOG	Payne, Albert M ⇗
RO	Palmer, Eldo L ⇗
TT	Taylor, Charles E ⇗
BT	Soules, Robert A ⇗
TG	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

B-17G 42-107125 JD*G Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gray, Harold Reginald ⇗
CP	Mazzola, Sebastion ⇗
N	Gay, Joseph Bates ⇗
TOG	Myers, Ben Rice ⇗
RO	Minter, Louis Arlington ⇗
TT	DeMattei, Laurence Charles ⇗
BT	Volpe, Roland (NMI) ⇗
TG	Meyette, Raymond Perley ⇗

B-17G 43-37717 JD*S 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	Holzhauser, Richard Rudolph ⇗
TG	Reilly, John F ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cathey, George Warlick ⇗
CP	Hinds, John W ⇗
N	Hertz, Morton (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Kalan, Frank M ⇗
RO	Roy, John G J ⇗
TT	Smith, Alfred Clem ⇗
BT	Duncan, David (NMI) ⇗
TG	LaRue, Ray Edward ⇗

B-17G 43-38016 SU*R Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hastings, David Shove ⇗
CP	Martino, Dominick Thomas ⇗
N	Johnson, Thorston Julius ⇗
B	Crawford, Raymond Harold ⇗
RO	Weeks, Thomas Clayborn ⇗
TT	Gatto, Stephen Lawrence ⇗
BT	May, Frank Dean ⇗
TG	Bonacker, Marlyn Ray ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Moorhead, Harris Leroy ⇗
CP	Montague, Jack Dean ⇗
N	Bauer, Frank Martin ⇗
TOG	Lysaght, James Henry ⇗
RO	Frenz, Lawrence Philip ⇗
TT	Gazaway, Otto Wayne ⇗
BT	Westling, Robert Arnold ⇗
TG	Cruggs, Merlin Westley ⇗

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 Alman ⇗
BT	Worley, John Thornton ⇗
TG	Lady, Manfred Henry ⇗

B-17G 43-38647 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bradford, James W ⇗
CP	Hall, Freeman Alexander ⇗
N	McGowan, James Alton ⇗
TOG	Davis, Dixon (NMI) ⇗
RO	Mumma, Adin Wolgemuth ⇗
TT	Kuehn, Carl Edwin ⇗
SJ	Plover, Robert Patrick ⇗
BT	Cantwell, Richard L ⇗
TG	Dillon, William James ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Drew, James Lawrence ⇗
CP	Rotherham, James H ⇗
N	Tedesco, Thomas A ⇗
TOG	Seymour, Kenneth Thomas ⇗
RO	Ritter, Martin Mayhon ⇗
TT	Lanham, Theodore James ⇗
BT	Snider, William Paul ⇗
TG	Lillico, Douglas Crawford ⇗

B-17G 43-38747 BK*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Festersen, John Carl ⇗
CP	Miller, LaVerne Sayre ⇗
N	Nowicki, Ervin Emil ⇗
B	Gatlin, Maurice Brooks ⇗
RO	McNabb, Frederick J ⇗
TT	Locke, Warren Franklin ⇗
BT	Tidwell, Eldes Dee ⇗
TG	Sobota, John Edward ⇗

B-17G 43-38752 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Whitesides, John Boyce ⇗
CP	Moxley, John Carper ⇗
N	Sparks, Kenneth (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Bergner, Lee Ray ⇗
RO	Dube, Roland Raymond ⇗
TT	Sayers, Francis Asbury ⇗
BT	Berthold, Charles W ⇗
TG	Dupas, Emmett George ⇗

B-17G 43-38757 SO*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Zakas, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
CP	Horrigan, Thomas James ⇗
N	Skrocki, Casimir Stanley ⇗
TOG	McKee, William R ⇗
RO	Kajka, Frank Andrew ⇗
TT	Alderson, William E ⇗
BT	Crawford, Donald Lee ⇗
TG	Hunter, William Pierce ⇗

B-17G 43-38801 SU*M 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 ⇗

B-17G 43-38974 SU*H 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 ⇗

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	Scimeca, Frank John ⇗
BT	O'Brien, Joseph Walter ⇗
TG	Stanick, Paul Jacob ⇗

B-17G 43-39019 JD*A 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 ⇗
SJ	Schuster, Harold Ludwig ⇗
BT	Calhoun, William Ernest ⇗
TG	Albrandt, Waldemar Reinholt ⇗

B-17G 43-39131 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Henry, Robert Tyson ⇗
CP	Porter, James L ⇗
N	Bouchard, Wilfred Eugene ⇗
TOG	Lucas, Gabe Roy ⇗
RO	Fluesmeier, Arsdel Louvaine ⇗
TT	Graper, Elmer Worling ⇗
BT	Bielskis, Peter Julius ⇗
TG	White, Albert D ⇗

B-17G 43-39138 SU*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wilson, Robert L ⇗
CP	White, Clinton Gregory ⇗
N	Schempp, George Christian ⇗
B	Einstein, Oliver Leon ⇗
RO	Smith, George B ⇗
TT	Krug, John C ⇗
RCM	Knagg, John A ⇗
BT	Belcher, Marvin Alford ⇗
TG	Nighswonger, Clyde Eldon ⇗

B-17G 43-39164 SU*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jamison, Joseph F ⇗
CP	Casagrande, James A ⇗
N	Guerrieri, Peter ⇗
B	Lyon, Corey E ⇗
RO	Dahlman, Marvin Sheldon ⇗
TT	Courson, Hollis Manning ⇗
RCM	Groom, William Emmett ⇗
BT	Green, Richard Edward ⇗
TG	Peatross, William Spofford ⇗

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	Vickroy, Ralph Louis ⇗
TT	Riordan, Victor Joseph ⇗
BT	Asby, Sidney Lee ⇗
TG	Burns, Harry Worren ⇗
OBS	Johnson, Wallace S ⇗

B-17G 43-39203 BK*L 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 Lawrence ⇗
TT	Campbell, Franklin R ⇗
BT	Estrin, Leonard (NMI) ⇗
TG	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 ⇗

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 ⇗
TOG	Poulsen, Leonard Irvin ⇗
RO	Kustra, Michael (NMI) ⇗
TT	McCullough, John Randolph ⇗
BT	Donini, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
TG	Bull, Joe Walter ⇗

B-17G 44-6514 SO*Q Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Gerald L ⇗
CP	Standifird, George Junior ⇗
N	Marks, Bernard (NMI) ⇗
B	Drevalas, Constantine Nikolas ⇗
RO	King, Joseph Edward ⇗
TT	Anderson, Donald W ⇗
BT	Dobbs, Carl Lee ⇗
TG	Beck, Merlin Clifton ⇗

B-17G 44-6882 BK*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Spangler, George Knox ⇗
CP	Goodson, John Schley ⇗
N	Mitchell, John Glenn ⇗
TOG	Whitsel, Frank Lloyd ⇗
RO	Gardner, Charles L ⇗
TT	Rogers, Donald Vincent ⇗
BT	Carney, Walter Arthur ⇗
TG	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	Arnold, Robert Baxter ⇗
RO	Spearman, Eugene (NMI) ⇗
TT	Clemis, Joseph Bernard ⇗
BT	Bongiorno, Peter R ⇗
TG	Whitworth, Charles Edward ⇗

B-17G 44-6898 SO*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Goble, Charles D ⇗
CP	Willis, Carl W ⇗
N	Nicholson, Louis Thorbjorn ⇗
B	Abbott, Charles R ⇗
RO	Hallock, William Skeanes ⇗
TT	Mendez, Bernard Garcia ⇗
SJ	Waggoner, Harold Lewis ⇗
BT	Gegus, John Frank ⇗
TG	York, Carroll Raymond ⇗

B-17G 44-6909 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence ⇗
CP	Tozer, Phillo Raymond ⇗
N	Pommer, Edwin Bernard ⇗
TOG	Wasserman, Noa (NMI) ⇗
RO	McCollum, Norris Lafayette ⇗
TT	Vogel, Daniel (NMI) ⇗
BT	Moody, Nolan E ⇗
TG	Penn, Walter Richard ⇗

B-17G 44-6923 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Aitken, Robert Partington ⇗
CP	Glenn, Theodore K ⇗
N	Schuricht, James George ⇗
B	Adams, Walter S ⇗
RO	Fleming, Eugene Brooks ⇗
TT	Binder, Teddy (NMI) ⇗
BT	Streeter, William R ⇗
TG	Anderson, Howard Slade ⇗

B-17G 44-8430 BK*P Sortie Report LAT 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 ⇗

B-17G 44-8541 BK*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth ⇗
P	Smith, Jack M ⇗
N	Blencowe, Frederick Arthur ⇗
N	Cavanaugh, William Daniel ⇗
N	Pylman, John Henry ⇗
B	Frazier, William Edward ⇗
RO	Benson, Thomas Joseph ⇗
TT	Vickers, Charles Dunnington ⇗
OBS	O'Leary, William Joseph ⇗

B-17G 44-8580 SO*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Keller, Marion Wayne ⇗
P	Patterson, Nelton Dreward ⇗
N	Dulac, Albert Arthur ⇗
N	Cherry, Joseph H ⇗
B	Altgelt, James Ernest ⇗
RO	Dawson, Edward Charles ⇗
TT	Robb, Gordon Lee ⇗
OBS	Nelson, Marion A ⇗

B-17G 44-8679 JD*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Byron L ⇗
CP	Wright, Donald A ⇗
N	Westervelt, Charles Ephraim ⇗
TOG	King, Jason E (IO) ⇗
RO	Johnson, Clyde Lawrence ⇗
TT	Gariepy, Ernest Joseph ⇗
BT	Garner, George Allen ⇗
TG	Thornber, Hubert Ellwyn ⇗

B-17G 44-8853 SU*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Parker, George Frederick ⇗
P	Wright, Edward S ⇗
N	Zeligson, Robert Lee ⇗
N	Lydic, Robert Clayton ⇗
B	Mathis, Charles Eugene ⇗
RO	Kovach, Joseph William ⇗
TT	Jaeger, Melvin George ⇗
OBS	DeClarke, Norman Donald ⇗

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