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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 #51 ON 7 January 1944

B-17F 41-24525 SO*Y Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Garner, Walter Ernest ⇗	POW
CP	Bern, Philip (NMI) ⇗	POW
N	Canale, Guy (NMI) ⇗	KIA
	Daigle, James Joseph ⇗	POW/Wounded
	Edmiston, William Joseph ⇗	POW/Wounded
	Hawk, Elmer Russell ⇗	POW/Wounded
	Rardon, Edward Perish ⇗	POW/Wounded
	Anderson, Jack Richard ⇗	POW/Wounded
	Hays, Charles Reed ⇗	POW/Wounded
WG	Hannah, Charles Victor ⇗	KIA

B-17F 41-24578 SO*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Outen, Charles Levi ⇗
CP	Inman, Loren Alexander ⇗
N	Wood, Charles Stoddart ⇗
B	Welch, Gordon Michael ⇗
RO	Shipley, Charles Marion ⇗
TT	Bazhaw, Elbert Lee ⇗
BT	Threet, Elmer Ellwood ⇗	Wounded
TG	Wheeler, Glenn Preston ⇗
WG	Barto, Louis Joseph ⇗	Wounded
WG	Wyman, Donald George ⇗	Wounded

B-17F 42-3087 SO*O,A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kew, William Joseph ⇗
CP	Nicklett, Charles Edwin ⇗
N	O'Hara, Irvan Guy ⇗
B	Gerber, Leonard (NMI) ⇗
RO	Miles, Harold Ruoff ⇗
TT	Ross, James William ⇗
BT	Baird, Ralph Edwin ⇗
TG	Hopkins, James Russell ⇗
WG	Whipple, Charles Thomas ⇗
WG	Grant, Ralph Gilbert ⇗

B-17F 42-5444 JD*N Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wolf, Richard Vance ⇗
CP	Horton, Lloyd (NMI) ⇗
N	Bailey, William Eugene ⇗
B	Ryberg, John Edward ⇗
RO	Fless, Gustave (NMI) ⇗
TT	Hunt, Leo Albert ⇗
BT	Couture, Clement Adrian ⇗
TG	Parsons, Lawrence Lincoln ⇗
WG	Baker, Earl Shelton ⇗
WG	Philippi, Norbert Francis ⇗

B-17F 42-29632 JD*K Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ross, Burton Raymond ⇗
CP	Nelson, Francis Page ⇗
N	Canziani, Arthur Leonard ⇗
B	Seibel, James Edward ⇗
RO	Davis, Edward Douglas ⇗
TT	Bartholomew, Everett Laverne ⇗
BT	Ralph, Robert Edward ⇗
TG	Grimes, Robert Albert ⇗
WG	Vezina, Thomas Joseph ⇗
WG	Bishop, J T (IO) ⇗

B-17F 42-29703 SU*E Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Heffley, Farris Ormond ⇗
CP	Mabe, Walter Breeden ⇗
N	Carini, Louis Peter ⇗
B	Betolatti, John (NMI) ⇗
RO	Shade, William James ⇗
TT	Deutsch, Samuel (NMI) ⇗
BT	Metz, Charles John ⇗
TG	Allen, George William ⇗
WG	Alfter, Glen Edward ⇗
WG	Gatzman, Ralph Lee ⇗

B-17F 42-29809 JD*X Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fioretti, Edward Anthony ⇗
CP	Briley, Scott Andrew ⇗
N	Merlo, Samuel Joseph ⇗
B	Griffith, Leonard Raymond ⇗
RO	Sylvia, Joseph Herbert ⇗
TT	Stuhl, Walter Edward ⇗
BT	House, Horace Doster ⇗
TG	Day, Huley Newton ⇗
WG	Wallo, Andrew (NMI) ⇗
WG	Wolfe, Clark Benjamin ⇗

B-17F 42-29828 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Laboda, Joseph Stanley ⇗
CP	Butler, Robert Andrew ⇗
N	Crist, Vern Warren ⇗
B	Fornear, Thomas Southern ⇗
RO	Flynn, James Edward ⇗
TT	Hardtmann, Arnold John ⇗
BT	Smart, Samuel Hayes ⇗
TG	Nutt, Oliver Wayne ⇗
WG	Kerr, Robert Eugene ⇗
WG	Kalinsky, Morris (NMI) ⇗	Wounded

B-17G 42-31045 BK*M Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Stier, George Withers ⇗
CP	Bertram, Harold John ⇗
N	Harvey, Ralph Oscar ⇗
B	Heine, Robert Paul ⇗
RO	Blocksidge, Charles Russell ⇗
TT	Kane, Francis Patrick ⇗
BT	David, Alfred Alme ⇗
TG	Mock, Melvin Bert ⇗
WG	Duddy, Martin Joseph ⇗
WG	Norton, Richard Anthony ⇗

B-17G 42-31211 BK*H Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Moore, Clifford Orville ⇗
CP	Bornhorst, Francis Joseph ⇗
N	Collins, Bernard John ⇗
B	Kenney, Paul E (IO) ⇗
RO	Puckett, Noah Lee ⇗
TT	Traynor, James Patrick ⇗
BT	Brown, Jack Maurice ⇗
TG	Humble, Joe Thomas ⇗
WG	Lee, Donald Robert ⇗
WG	Wells, Richard Llewellyn ⇗

B-17G 42-31222 BK*D Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Taylor, Sidney Paul ⇗
CP	Miller, James Gilmore ⇗
N	Chapin, Robert Charles ⇗
B	Rymer, Albert Ray ⇗
RO	Stamm, Murray Raymond ⇗
TT	Wallace, Virgil Leonard ⇗
BT	Heintzelman, David Leroy ⇗
TG	Schekel, Lorin Edwin ⇗
WG	Yaskow, Peter Thomas ⇗
WG	Ukrain, Sidney Charles ⇗

B-17G 42-31246 JD*A Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Edwards, Floyd Clinton ⇗
CP	Bailey, Everett Lee ⇗
N	McKittrick, Vernon Russell ⇗
B	Palazzo, Anthony (NMI) ⇗
RO	Hopper, Hugh David ⇗
TT	Smith, Roger Carlton ⇗
BT	Johnson, James Hansel ⇗
TG	Fleming, Paul Hane ⇗
WG	Folmar, Warren Alexander ⇗
WG	Zink, Chester Harvey ⇗

B-17G 42-37727 JD*Z Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Penney, Comus Robert ⇗
CP	Furber, Donald Wilson ⇗
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 42-37758 JD*W Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lovell, James MacNaughton ⇗
CP	Morgan, James Edward ⇗
N	Lewis, Joseph Franklyn ⇗
B	Bachicha, Martin Paul ⇗
RO	Lewis, James William ⇗	Seriously Wounded
TT	Fowlkes, Calvin Oscar Lewis ⇗
BT	Tessmer, Warren David ⇗
TG	Kardos, Louis Julius ⇗
WG	Blankenship, Doye Herman ⇗
WG	Oldham, Jesse Zera ⇗

B-17G 42-37776 BK*R Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Corcoran, John Joseph ⇗
CP	Wise, Joseph William ⇗
N	Schmalzried, George Frederick ⇗
B	Murphy, David Williams ⇗
RO	Compton, James Harold ⇗
TT	Hailey, Harold Charles ⇗
BT	Tenborg, George Laurence ⇗
TG	Thompson, James Westerfield ⇗
WG	Leonard, Frank Valentine ⇗
WG	Slife, Harry Frances ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N 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	Pond, Jesse Elmore ⇗
WG	Olstad, Kermit Iver ⇗

B-17G 42-37793 SO*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	DeFrees, Norman Francis ⇗
CP	Hunt, George Sylvester ⇗
N	Moody, Ivan Everett ⇗
B	Richard, Oscar Gabriel ⇗
RO	Wright, William Clifford ⇗
TT	Moore, Lloyd Welch Ace ⇗
BT	Smith, Luther Earl ⇗
TG	Kushner, Jack (NMI) ⇗
WG	Hallam, Harley Ross ⇗
WG	Ecker, John Erie ⇗

B-17G 42-37801 SO*G Sortie Report NTO CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carter, T L (IO) ⇗
CP	Smith, Harry Bailey ⇗
N	Garrison, Keith M ⇗
B	Lacroix, James Joseph ⇗
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 42-37848 BK*E Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Harris, George Warren ⇗
P	Algar, Philip Morris ⇗
N	Celentano, Frank A ⇗
B	McClanahan, James Clifton ⇗
RO	Moore, Howard Milton ⇗
TT	Laviolette, Roland Bernard ⇗
BT	McKay, Kenneth Mitchel ⇗
TG	Stallings, Gordon Kenneth ⇗
WG	Schimenek, John Francis ⇗
WG	Majewski, Casmer Robert ⇗

B-17G 42-37885 SU*L, JD*D Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Yelvington, Melton Albert ⇗
CP	Pryor, Raymond Thomas ⇗
N	Cecil, Boyd Allen ⇗
TOG	Albertson, Harry Edward ⇗
RO	Sigler, Edwin Robert ⇗
TT	Smith, Bob (NMI) ⇗
BT	Paige, Robert Eugene ⇗
TG	Barrett, Richard Jennings ⇗
WG	Adams, William Crayton ⇗
WG	Oien, Clarence Holger ⇗

B-17G 42-37924 SO*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Stearns, Clarence Grover ⇗
CP	Widener, Seth Grenell ⇗
N	McCafferty, John Andrew ⇗
TOG	Dudla, John Richard ⇗
RO	Soto, Roman Serrano ⇗
TT	Barkhurst, David Luther ⇗
BT	Fulwider, Albert Clayton ⇗
TG	Martell, Warren Harding ⇗
WG	Robison, John Timothy ⇗
WG	Corrigan, Theodore Bernard ⇗

B-17G 42-39784 SU*J Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smith, Roger Clement ⇗
CP	Reid, Harvey William ⇗
N	Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI) ⇗
B	Marquardt, George Marvin ⇗
RO	Kendall, Earl Frank ⇗
TT	Kaminski, Bruno (NMI) ⇗
BT	Danko, Charles Gabriel ⇗
TG	Green, Jesse Britten ⇗
WG	Hamilton, Gerald Thorwald ⇗
WG	Boney, Chester Joseph ⇗

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