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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 #71 ON 4 March 1944

B-17F 42-3441 SO*E Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smith, Harry Bailey ⇗
CP	LaSeur, William Veryle ⇗
N	Walling, Neil Emerson ⇗
TOG	Swift, Kenneth Gilbert ⇗
RO	Adair, Norman Ray ⇗
TT	Altendorf, Elroy Andrew ⇗
BT	Cox, John Stewart ⇗
TG	Pastorella, John Paul ⇗
WG	Harper, Richard Wight ⇗
WG	Froment, Dorrance Verl ⇗

B-17G 42-31166 JD*Z Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Poole, George Irvin ⇗
CP	Butler, Robert Andrew ⇗
N	Kantor, Morris (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Dillingham, Desmond Quinton ⇗
RO	Marshall, William (NMI) ⇗
TT	Mazzaccaro, Augustine Frank ⇗
BT	Hoskins, Herman (NMI) ⇗
TG	Holland, Edward James ⇗
WG	Brennan, William Martin ⇗
WG	Hartline, Cleo Julius ⇗

B-17G 42-31235 SU*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Allison, Earl Thomas ⇗
CP	Small, Herbert William ⇗
N	Gardner, Sam (NMI) ⇗
B	Nagel, Jack Cameron ⇗
RO	Laubenstein, William Frederick ⇗
TT	Hutchison, William Wilds ⇗
BT	Kaufman, Vernon Herman ⇗
TG	Hougard, Kenneth Nels ⇗
WG	Grimmett, James Harold ⇗
WG	Stevens, John Jay ⇗

B-17G 42-31364 SU*D Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	West, George Berry ⇗
CP	Yount, Donald Laverne ⇗
N	DeWitt, Robert Courtney ⇗
B	Credidio, Anthony Joseph ⇗
RO	Anderson, Charles LeRoy ⇗
TT	Crippen, Creig B ⇗
BT	Skerko, John (NMI) ⇗
TG	Graeb, William Louis ⇗
WG	Ray, William Charles ⇗
WG	Figley, Wilbert Guy ⇗

B-17G 42-31375 BK*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Knapp, Paul Bernard ⇗
CP	Pulliam, Lyle James ⇗
N	Colarusso, Alfred James ⇗
B	Austin, Raymond Lee ⇗
RO	Stahl, Bruce Warren ⇗
TT	Jakway, James Allen ⇗
BT	Mason, Covert Nathan ⇗
TG	Cleland, Deston Kenneth ⇗
WG	LaSalle, Angelo Aloysius ⇗
WG	Cates, Clay Franklin ⇗

B-17G 42-31433 SO*V Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Urton, Raymond Lee ⇗
CP	Ledbetter, Edwin Dwight ⇗
N	Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI) ⇗
B	Pederson, Floyd Roy ⇗
RO	Soto, Roman Serrano ⇗
TT	Treat, Royal DeWitt ⇗
BT	Jackson, Billy J (IO) ⇗
TG	Grant, Ralph Gilbert ⇗
WG	Leigh, James Carl ⇗
WG	Dailey, Donald William ⇗

B-17G 42-31484 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Laboda, Joseph Stanley ⇗
CP	Bush, Sidney Lewis ⇗
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	Marshall, Milford (NMI) ⇗
WG	Kerr, Robert Eugene ⇗

B-17G 42-31495 SU*R Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Foster, James Everett ⇗
CP	Duffy, John H ⇗
N	Vernon, Sheldon Ira ⇗
B	Ferazzi, Gabriel Ernest ⇗
RO	Buller, Elwood Ellis ⇗
TT	Birch, Frank Austin ⇗
BT	Overcash, Jimmy Lee ⇗
TG	Matthijetz, Carl Walter ⇗
WG	Cochran, Thomas Tidwell ⇗
WG	Corfield, Robert Milton ⇗

B-17G 42-31606 SO*O Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lovvorn, Hollie Ray ⇗	POW
	Witt, Francis John ⇗	Evaded/Wounded
N	Kazmerski, John Thomas ⇗	POW
B	Fleenor, Charles Thurman ⇗	POW
	Schwarz, James Cornelius ⇗	POW/Wounded
TT	Wilson, Gerald Eugene ⇗	POW
BT	Miller, Robert Lee ⇗	POW
	Taylor, Homer William ⇗	POW/Wounded
WG	Fernandez, Severino Jean ⇗	Evaded
WG	Leach, Kenneth (NMI) ⇗	Evaded

B-17G 42-31740 BK*T Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Clayton, John Earl ⇗
CP	Sharff, Sampson (NMI) ⇗
N	Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth ⇗
TOG	Grauer, James Edward ⇗
RO	Stumpf, Howard Martin ⇗
TT	Watenpool, Jerome Francis ⇗
BT	Engwer, Donald Leroy ⇗
TG	Boydston, Elmer Dean ⇗
WG	Koscheski, Clyde Anderson ⇗
WG	Lewandowski, Thomas Michael ⇗

B-17G 42-31871 SO*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Outen, Charles Levi ⇗
CP	Miller, James Gilmore ⇗
N	Noxon, Elvin Bayard ⇗
B	Welch, Gordon Michael ⇗
RO	Shipley, Charles Marion ⇗
TT	Bazhaw, Elbert Lee ⇗
BT	Connelly, Gordon Raker ⇗
TG	Wheeler, Glenn Preston ⇗
WG	Barto, Louis Joseph ⇗
WG	Wyman, Donald George ⇗

B-17G 42-31926 JD*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fioretti, Edward Anthony ⇗
CP	Briley, Scott Andrew ⇗
N	Merlo, Samuel Joseph ⇗
B	Griffith, Leonard Raymond ⇗	Wounded
RO	Rotondi, George William ⇗
TT	Stuhl, Walter Edward ⇗
BT	Eyre, Charles Harris ⇗
TG	Rachunas, Joseph George ⇗
WG	Chaperon, Phillip William ⇗
WG	Barrett, Richard Jennings ⇗

B-17G 42-32007 JD*T Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cosentino, George (NMI) ⇗	POW
CP	Speck, Harold Truman ⇗	POW
N	Malcolm, George Sawyer ⇗	POW
	Polito, Michael John ⇗	Evaded/Wounded
RO	Romano, Vincent Peter ⇗	POW
TT	Butman, Frank Henry ⇗	KIA
	Orean, Clinton Herman ⇗	Evaded/Wounded
	Faust, Glenn Millard ⇗	POW/Wounded
	Stanley, James Farrell ⇗	POW/Wounded
WG	Mariani, Waldo Francis ⇗	POW

B-17G 42-37792 JD*B Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pryor, Raymond Thomas ⇗
CP	Helmley, Loyd Elmer ⇗
N	Harmon, Frank James ⇗
B	Knox, Robert Leo ⇗
RO	Duro, Victor Henry ⇗
TT	Dudley, John Charles ⇗
BT	Stauffer, Karl Fred ⇗
TG	Coppage, Raymond Donald ⇗
WG	Pelkey, Arthur Symonds ⇗
WG	Flynn, Timothy Francis ⇗

B-17G 42-37801 SO*G Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smith, Roger Clement ⇗
CP	Kravet, Marvin Robert ⇗
N	McCafferty, John Andrew ⇗
TOG	Dudla, John Richard ⇗
RO	Kendall, Earl Frank ⇗
TT	Kaminski, Bruno (NMI) ⇗
BT	Danko, Charles Gabriel ⇗
TG	Green, Jesse Britten ⇗
WG	Nichols, Melvin Allen ⇗
WG	Hubbard, Warren Emmett ⇗

B-17G 42-37982 SU*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Goller, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
CP	Hall, Barney Marcus ⇗
N	Cittadini, Joseph Lloyd George ⇗
B	Brown, James Jefferson ⇗
RO	Bier, Irvin Louis ⇗
TT	Reed, Clarence Eugene ⇗
BT	Houston, Samuel Vance ⇗
TG	Walton, Horace Murphy ⇗
WG	Way, Arthur Harold ⇗
WG	Howell, Roy Foster ⇗

B-17G 42-38014 BK*G Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jorgenson, Henry (NMI) ⇗
CP	Boger, Eugene Arthur ⇗
N	Oyler, Ernest Renwick ⇗
TOG	Harper, William Lester ⇗
RO	Owens, John Ralph ⇗
TT	Biederman, Harold Leroy ⇗
BT	Arnold, Walter Howard ⇗
TG	Clark, Alfred Albert ⇗
WG	Bonanza, John Joseph ⇗
WG	Hall, Lawrence Marion ⇗

B-17G 42-38112 JD*J Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Thompson, Siguard (NMI) ⇗
CP	Manning, Raymond Walter ⇗
N	Nilo, Anthony (NMI) ⇗
B	Parmer, Warren Edward ⇗
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 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bennett, Phillip Nathan ⇗
CP	Haley, Ralph Bernard ⇗
N	Monfort, Robert Hugh ⇗
B	Kemp, Phillip Giles ⇗	Wounded
RO	House, Harland Francis ⇗
TT	Whitley, William Martin ⇗
BT	Hughes, Richard Bland ⇗
TG	Golka, Larry John ⇗
WG	Smith, Otto (NMI) ⇗
WG	Zanetti, James John ⇗

B-17G 42-39991 BK*V Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carpenter, Walter Richard ⇗	KIA
CP	Kennedy, John Benton ⇗	POW
N	Hedin, Carl Anton ⇗	POW
B	Altman, Murray David ⇗	KIA
RO	Fallesen, Wayne Peter ⇗	POW
TT	McCracken, Dwight Howard ⇗	POW
BT	O'Leary, Edward Joseph ⇗	POW
	Leibring, Clarence Paul ⇗	Evaded/Wounded
WG	Girard, Donald Robert ⇗	POW
WG	Zyglowicz, Bernard Frank ⇗	Evaded
	Zyglowicz, Bernard Frank ⇗	Evaded/Wounded

B-17G 42-97449 SO*B Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Daskey, Kendall (NMI) ⇗
CP	Gay, Greeley (NMI) ⇗
N	Harvey, Harry Blakely ⇗
B	Lynch, John Daniel ⇗
RO	Hitchcock, Carl Edwin ⇗
TT	Lenich, Francis Augustus ⇗
BT	Walsh, James Francis ⇗
TG	Cook, Roy Wendell ⇗
WG	Haught, Ralph Eugene ⇗
WG	Johnson, James Harold ⇗

B-17G 42-97477 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Ketelsen, Raymond Paul ⇗
P	Edwards, Floyd Clinton ⇗
N	McKittrick, Vernon Russell ⇗
B	Palazzo, Anthony (NMI) ⇗
RO	Hopper, Hugh David ⇗
TT	Smith, Roger Carlton ⇗
BT	Johnson, James Hansel ⇗
TG	McGovern, Vincent James ⇗
WG	Folmar, Warren Alexander ⇗
WG	Zink, Chester Harvey ⇗

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