Mission #39 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 #39 ON 1 December 1943

B-17F 41-24525 SO*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rich, John (NMI) ⇗
CP	Wehry, George Ellsworth ⇗
N	Indest, Joseph Albert ⇗
B	Marvin, William Vern ⇗
RO	Montagne, Henry Julien Louis ⇗
TT	Eklund, Howard Joseph ⇗
BT	Henken, Norman (NMI) ⇗
TG	Goddard, Kenneth Douglas ⇗
WG	Thompson, James Westerfield ⇗
WG	Mejia, Richard Carlton ⇗

B-17F 41-24557 JD*O Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
	Sundlun, Bruce George ⇗	Evaded/Wounded
CP	Boles, Andrew John ⇗	POW
N	Jylkka, Reino Oswal ⇗	POW
TOG	Hayes, George Clayborne ⇗	KIA
RO	Snyder, Charles Leslie ⇗	POW
TT	Ramsey, William Marion ⇗	POW
BT	Cologne, Harry Francis ⇗	KIA
TG	Lekas, Frank (NMI) ⇗	KIA
WG	Cappelletti, Mike Joseph ⇗	KIA
WG	Snyder, Chester Paul ⇗	KIA

B-17F 41-24578 SO*U Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Stearns, Clarence Grover ⇗
CP	Urton, Raymond Lee ⇗
N	Harvey, Harry Blakely ⇗
B	Lacroix, James Joseph ⇗
RO	Soto, Roman Serrano ⇗
TT	Barkhurst, David Luther ⇗
BT	Fulwider, Albert Clayton ⇗
TG	Dudla, John Richard ⇗
WG	Robison, John Timothy ⇗
WG	Corrigan, Theodore Bernard ⇗

B-17F 42-3259 BK*N,JD*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bedsole, Joseph Linyer ⇗
CP	Cosentino, George (NMI) ⇗
N	Beinar, Theophilus Edward ⇗
B	Wismann, William Charles ⇗
RO	Woodall, Arthur James ⇗
TT	Maruszak, Karol Leonard ⇗
BT	Hotis, Leo Constantine ⇗
TG	McMichael, Marion Louis ⇗
WG	Mazewski, Michael Henry ⇗
WG	Ward, Clarence Howard ⇗

B-17F 42-29554 JD*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Yelvington, Melton Albert ⇗
CP	Manning, Raymond Walter ⇗
N	Cecil, Boyd Allen ⇗
TOG	Barrett, Richard Jennings ⇗
RO	Sigler, Edwin Robert ⇗
TT	Smith, Bob (NMI) ⇗
BT	Paige, Robert Eugene ⇗
TG	Davis, Edward Douglas ⇗
WG	Pelkey, Arthur Symonds ⇗
WG	Dudley, John Charles ⇗

B-17F 42-29632 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jones, William Arch ⇗
CP	Morgan, James Edward ⇗
N	Coughlin, James Phillip ⇗
B	Wilson, James Marvin ⇗
RO	Gager, Homer Dwight ⇗
TT	Dowsley, Felix Raymond ⇗
BT	Brown, William (NMI) ⇗
TG	Pierce, Ralph Emerson ⇗
WG	Stauffer, Karl Fred ⇗
WG	White, Frederick Louis ⇗

B-17F 42-29703 SU*E Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Robinson, Robert Lawrence ⇗
CP	West, George Berry ⇗
N	Fallon, John James ⇗
B	Kramer, Herman Drummond ⇗
RO	Stumpf, Howard Martin ⇗
TT	Hutchison, William Wilds ⇗
BT	Maziarka, Stanley Walter ⇗
TG	Roemer, Weldon Keith ⇗
WG	Porter, Edward Eugene ⇗
WG	Johnston, Thomas Theadora ⇗

B-17F 42-29723 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Reed, Merlin Howard ⇗
CP	Maahs, Robert Edward ⇗
N	Gudyka, Peter (NMI) ⇗
B	Heiss, John Lawrence ⇗
RO	Wellman, Robert Francis ⇗
TT	MacDonald, Donald Van Buskirk ⇗
BT	Osepchook, Arthur John ⇗
TG	Drennan, Robert Gerard ⇗
WG	Plotz, John James ⇗
WG	Casey, Robert Joseph ⇗

B-17F 42-29768 SO*X Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Nelson, Darwin George ⇗	POW
CP	Smith, Elmer LeRoy ⇗	POW
N	Harrison, Joseph Horatio ⇗	POW
B	Drake, Sam Ellis ⇗	POW
	Easley, Curtis (NMI) ⇗	Evaded/Wounded
TT	Gregorich, Vincent (NMI) ⇗	POW
BT	Turner, John Harvey ⇗	POW
TG	Brewer, Albert (NMI) ⇗	Evaded
WG	Gomez, Antonio Chavez ⇗	POW
WG	Seager, Francis Marvin ⇗	POW

B-17F 42-29828 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Edwards, Floyd Clinton ⇗
CP	Bailey, Everett Lee ⇗
N	McKittrick, Vernon Russell ⇗
B	Palazzo, Anthony (NMI) ⇗
RO	Mason, Jack Leslie (#2) ⇗
TT	Smith, Roger Carlton ⇗
BT	Johnson, James Hansel ⇗
TG	Fleming, Paul Hane ⇗
WG	Zink, Chester Harvey ⇗
WG	Folmar, Warren Alexander ⇗

B-17F 42-29935 BK*K Sortie Report SCR
Position	Name	Status
P	Markow, Henry Victor ⇗
CP	Lundgren, Edward Warren ⇗
N	Schweikart, John William ⇗
B	Messer, Joseph Louis ⇗
RO	Blocksidge, Charles Russell ⇗
TT	Fooder, Elmer Hoben ⇗
BT	Stropek, George Vincent ⇗
TG	Misiewicz, Joseph Raymond ⇗
WG	Sager, Edwin Millard ⇗
WG	Madden, Arthur Willliam ⇗

B-17F 42-30033 BK*G Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
	Dillingham, Maurice Stanley ⇗	POW/Wounded
P	Goulder, Edmund Samuel ⇗	POW
N	Harris, Arthur Claude ⇗	POW
B	Boomhower, William (NMI) ⇗	POW
	Sears, William Francis ⇗	POW/Wounded
TT	Thomasson, Edward Arthmur ⇗	POW
BT	Leslie, Claude Robert ⇗	Evaded
TG	Boyce, Ernest Marshall ⇗	POW
WG	Saunders, Paul Ralph ⇗	POW
WG	Vodilko, Michael Joseph ⇗	POW

B-17G 42-31058 BK*T Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wilson, William Monroe ⇗
CP	Decker, Charles Edgar ⇗
N	Bailey, William Eugene ⇗
B	Crown, Richard Keith ⇗
RO	Compton, James Harold ⇗
TT	Birnbaum, Lester (NMI) ⇗
BT	Heintzelman, David Leroy ⇗
TG	Greene, Frank Palmer ⇗
WG	Stamm, Murray Raymond ⇗
WG	Pavlisko, John Arthur ⇗

B-17G 42-31073 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carter, T L (IO) ⇗
CP	Smith, Harry Bailey ⇗
N	Garrison, Keith M ⇗
B	Miller, Ellis Leroy ⇗
RO	Pisarski, Joseph Frank ⇗
TT	Treat, Royal DeWitt ⇗
BT	Loomis, Dorman George ⇗
TG	Pastorella, John Paul ⇗
WG	Hubbard, Warren Emmett ⇗
WG	Nichols, Melvin Allen ⇗

B-17G 42-31211 BK*H Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	MacPhail, Philip Ray ⇗
CP	Schock, George William ⇗
N	Grimaldi, Anthony Joseph ⇗
B	Garrett, James Patrick ⇗
RO	Hawkins, Charles Joseph ⇗
TT	Benker, Patrick Dennis ⇗
BT	Van Gorkom, Lester Wilson ⇗
TG	Mitchell, Charles Floyd ⇗
WG	Hamm, Morton Washington ⇗
WG	Shannon, Lucian Glenroie ⇗

B-17G 42-37727 JD*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van der Haeghen, Joseph Albert ⇗
CP	Penney, Comus Robert ⇗
N	Huber, Robert Thomas ⇗
B	Pinger, Harvey Klarner ⇗
RO	Herman, Howard Seymore ⇗
TT	Gregerson, Allan Harold ⇗
BT	McClure, Charles Roesler ⇗
TG	Hunt, Walter Francis ⇗
WG	Kohl, John Gustave ⇗
WG	Nickles, Mercer Chartos ⇗

B-17G 42-37776 BK*R Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Moore, Clifford Orville ⇗
CP	Stewart, Gilman Carter ⇗
N	Collins, Bernard John ⇗
B	Kenney, Paul E (IO) ⇗
RO	Puckett, Noah Lee ⇗
TT	Traynor, James Patrick ⇗
BT	Coleman, Lester Kenneth ⇗
TG	Humble, Joe Thomas ⇗
WG	Lee, Donald Robert ⇗
WG	Philippi, Norbert Francis ⇗

B-17G 42-37792 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Thompson, Siguard (NMI) ⇗
CP	Hines, James Wesley ⇗
N	Nilo, Anthony (NMI) ⇗
B	McGovern, Vincent James ⇗
RO	Purdy, Joseph Francis ⇗
TT	Swineford, Homer Howard ⇗
BT	Olson, Harry Howard ⇗
TG	Dziura, Edward (NMI) ⇗
WG	Carter, Glen Albert ⇗
WG	Stammel, Edward Raymond ⇗

B-17G 42-37801 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Booska, Maurice Arthur ⇗
CP	Alloway, Ralph Hugh ⇗
N	Hock, Robert Edward ⇗
B	Ackerson, Donald Richard ⇗
RO	Hill, Edward Theodore ⇗
TT	Farrow, Thomas Chapell ⇗
BT	Carvell, John Patrick ⇗
TG	Karcher, Norbert Raymond ⇗
WG	Olstad, Kermit Iver ⇗
WG	Smith, Leland Royce ⇗

B-17G 42-37848 BK*E Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth ⇗
CP	Berbrich, John Martin ⇗
N	Shattuck, Jack Dale ⇗
B	Barber, Ruffin Frank ⇗
RO	Gerow, Francis (NMI) ⇗
TT	Kolassa, Edward Leonard ⇗
BT	Dennison, James Edward ⇗
TG	Peloke, Dale Dean ⇗
WG	Montz, Nemours Albert ⇗
WG	Connors, Albert William ⇗

B-17G 42-37885 SU*L, JD*D Sortie Report RETE CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jorgenson, Henry (NMI) ⇗
CP	Lucas, Hoyt Coltman ⇗
N	Sparrow, Harry Ira ⇗
B	Pitelka, Francis Jerome ⇗
RO	Buller, Elwood Ellis ⇗
TT	Grant, George Vaughn ⇗
BT	Finkelstein, Raymond Louis ⇗
TG	Hall, Lawrence Marion ⇗
WG	Jordan, Edward Allan ⇗
WG	McDuff, Robert William ⇗

B-17G 42-39784 SU*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Willing, Mark Skinner ⇗
CP	McDonald, Raymond Leroy ⇗
N	Barkley, John William ⇗
B	Arquette, Leroy Arthur ⇗
RO	Benson, Thomas Joseph ⇗
TT	Holloway, Durwood Harmon ⇗
BT	Jackson, Billy J (IO) ⇗
TG	Pharr, Keating Sams ⇗
WG	Ripley, Seth Thomas ⇗
WG	Smith, Walter Blaine ⇗

B-17G 42-39796 SO*V Sortie Report DIT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Martin, Rudolph Alfred ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
CP	LaSeur, William Veryle ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
N	Kazmerski, John Thomas ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
B	Fleenor, Charles Thurman ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
RO	Schwarz, James Cornelius ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
TT	Wilson, Gerald Eugene ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
BT	Miller, Robert Lee ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
TG	Taylor, Homer William ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
WG	Grant, Ralph Gilbert ⇗	Ditched, Rescued
WG	Retherford, Archie (NMI) ⇗	Ditched, Rescued

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