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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 #86 ON 9 April 1944

B-17G 42-31211 BK*H Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gowder, Charles Fred ⇗
CP	Spiers, Paul Robert ⇗
N	Fazio, Vincent Joseph ⇗
TOG	Iverson, Bennie Franklin ⇗
RO	Barnes, Francis Eugene ⇗
TT	Beaugh, George (NMI) ⇗
BT	Sacco, Salvatore R ⇗
TG	Williamson, James Edward ⇗
WG	Higgins, Robert Stephen ⇗
WG	Leber, Richard Edward ⇗

B-17G 42-31222 BK*D Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Berbrich, John Martin ⇗
CP	Rabby, Carlos James ⇗
N	Bailey, William Eugene ⇗
B	Garrett, James Patrick ⇗
RO	Moore, Howard Milton ⇗
TT	Birnbaum, Lester (NMI) ⇗
BT	McIntosh, Gordon William ⇗
TG	Greene, Frank Palmer ⇗
WG	Pavlisko, John Arthur ⇗
WG	Warshawsky, Morris (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-31235 SU*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Goller, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
CP	Hall, Barney Marcus ⇗
N	Gardner, Sam (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Walton, Horace Murphy ⇗
RO	Bier, Irvin Louis ⇗
TT	Reed, Clarence Eugene ⇗
BT	Houston, Samuel Vance ⇗
TG	Hall, Lawrence Marion ⇗
WG	Howell, Roy Foster ⇗
WG	Way, Arthur Harold ⇗

B-17G 42-31346 SU*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnson, William T ⇗
CP	Eakins, Robert Nathanial ⇗
N	Brown, James Jefferson ⇗
B	Hertel, Wallace Howard ⇗
RO	Frazier, Ernest Leo ⇗
TT	Faux, Roy Sherman ⇗
BT	Hachmann, Vincent Carl ⇗
TG	Buchner, Frank James ⇗
WG	Breen, John Francis ⇗
WG	Chernack, Abe (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-31364 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Smith, Dale Orville ⇗
CP	Allison, Earl Thomas ⇗
N	Drogue, Arthur Joseph ⇗
N	Cittadini, Joseph Lloyd George ⇗
B	Nagel, Jack Cameron ⇗
RO	Laubenstein, William Frederick ⇗
TT	Clements, William Arlie ⇗
BT	Kaufman, Vernon Herman ⇗
TG	Small, Herbert William ⇗
WG	Hougard, Kenneth Nels ⇗
WG	Grimmett, James Harold ⇗

B-17G 42-31375 BK*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Courtemanche, Ralph Eudor ⇗
CP	Hartness, Joseph George ⇗
N	Parisette, Donald Frederick ⇗
B	Thaxter, Floyd Wilson ⇗
RO	Turner, Claude Murphy ⇗
TT	Geronemo, James Anthony ⇗
BT	Aronson, Isadore Irving ⇗
TG	Hosmer, Richard Clyde ⇗
WG	Zieba, Edmund (NMI) ⇗
WG	Zee, Julius (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-31435 SU*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	West, George Berry ⇗
CP	Yount, Donald Laverne ⇗
N	Colarusso, Alfred James ⇗
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 42-31495 SU*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jorgenson, Henry (NMI) ⇗
CP	Allio, Orion Randolph ⇗
N	Oyler, Ernest Renwick ⇗
TOG	Grauer, James Edward ⇗
RO	Owens, John Ralph ⇗
TT	Biederman, Harold Leroy ⇗
BT	Arnold, Walter Howard ⇗
TG	Clark, Alfred Albert ⇗
WG	Bonanza, John Joseph ⇗
WG	Stevens, John Jay ⇗

B-17G 42-31740 BK*T Sortie Report FTR CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Schock, George William ⇗	POW
CP	Gadd, Elliott Leroy ⇗	POW
N	Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI) ⇗	POW
TOG	Yeater, James Thomas ⇗	POW
RO	Hawkins, Charles Joseph ⇗	POW
TT	Shannon, Lucian Glenroie ⇗	KIA
BT	Van Gorkom, Lester Wilson ⇗	POW
	Mitchell, Charles Floyd ⇗	POW/Wounded
WG	Hamm, Morton Washington ⇗	POW
WG	Benker, Patrick Dennis ⇗	POW

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Briley, Scott Andrew ⇗
CP	Swanson, Herbert Ture ⇗
N	Warren, Dexter Holt ⇗
B	Burcham, Eugene Emmons ⇗
RO	Hitchcock, Carl Edwin ⇗
TT	Ward, Jack Paxton ⇗
BT	Stauffer, Karl Fred ⇗
TG	Consoli, Vincent Sam ⇗
WG	McLain, James Wallace ⇗
WG	Allen, John Rutland ⇗

B-17G 42-37758 JD*W Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Barad, Robert Leo ⇗
CP	Heim, Gerard Anthony ⇗
N	Reinlie, Robert Laingor ⇗
B	Kasmerski, Stephen James ⇗
RO	Doran, Francis Patrick ⇗
TT	Morris, Edward John ⇗
BT	Kemak, Andrew Steven ⇗
TG	Kanclewski, Edwin Joseph Theodore ⇗
WG	Cahill, William Lawrence ⇗
WG	Bailey, Henry Godard ⇗

B-17G 42-37789 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Farthing, Frank (NMI) ⇗
CP	Broyhill, Virgil Ray ⇗
N	Earle, Guy Harmon ⇗
B	Grilli, Eugene Philip ⇗
RO	Pizzi, Frank Benjamin ⇗
TT	Duncan, Sam Park ⇗
BT	Piemonte, Guiseppe Mario ⇗
TG	Robertson, James Roman ⇗
WG	Wilkins, John Robert ⇗
WG	Massengale, Arnold Lee ⇗

B-17G 42-37792 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Helmley, Loyd Elmer ⇗
CP	Bouvier, James Andrew ⇗
N	Kranick, Martin Everett ⇗
B	Morris, Richard William ⇗
RO	Perrone, Michael J ⇗
TT	Orth, Jay Shaffer ⇗
BT	Ordaz, Armando Noriega ⇗
TG	Edwards, William Leroy ⇗
WG	Pelkey, Arthur Symonds ⇗
WG	LaBelle, Joseph Adrian ⇗

B-17G 42-37816 JD*S Sortie Report CM 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	Bechtel, Robert William ⇗
TG	Alfter, Glen Edward ⇗
WG	Allen, George William ⇗
WG	Gatzman, Ralph Lee ⇗

B-17G 42-37982 SU*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Clayton, John Earl ⇗
CP	Jackson, Winthrop Alsop ⇗
N	Uniszkiewicz, Joseph Kenneth ⇗
TOG	Corpening, Robert Clark ⇗
RO	Purdy, Alan Bradford ⇗
TT	Watenpool, Jerome Francis ⇗
BT	Cameron, Francis Raymond ⇗
TG	Boydston, Elmer Dean ⇗
WG	Koscheski, Clyde Anderson ⇗
WG	Lewandowski, Thomas Michael ⇗

B-17G 42-38014 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Harris, George Warren ⇗
P	Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth ⇗
N	Chapin, Robert Charles ⇗
B	Crown, Richard Keith ⇗
RO	Ranallo, Sam David ⇗
TT	Kolassa, Edward Leonard ⇗
BT	Dennison, James Edward ⇗
TG	Peloke, Dale Dean ⇗
WG	Montz, Nemours Albert ⇗
WG	Connors, Albert William ⇗

B-17G 42-38112 JD*J Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fioretti, Edward Anthony ⇗
CP	Bush, Sidney Lewis ⇗
N	Merlo, Samuel Joseph ⇗
B	Griffith, Leonard Raymond ⇗
RO	Morton, Cecil Gordon ⇗
TT	Stuhl, Walter Edward ⇗
BT	Eyre, Charles Harris ⇗
TG	Nutt, Oliver Wayne ⇗
WG	Kerr, Robert Eugene ⇗
WG	Vorisek, Donald Thomas ⇗

B-17G 42-38158 SO*L Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Outen, Charles Levi ⇗
CP	Kelsay, Omar Frank ⇗
N	Wood, Charles Stoddart ⇗
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 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bennett, Phillip Nathan ⇗
CP	Wright, James Wiley ⇗
N	Monfort, Robert Hugh ⇗
B	Barton, John Isaac ⇗
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 42-39888 SU*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Foster, James Everett ⇗
CP	Duffy, John H ⇗
N	Vernon, Sheldon Ira ⇗
B	Ferazzi, Gabriel Ernest ⇗
RO	Corbett, Thomas Walter ⇗
TT	Birch, Frank Austin ⇗
BT	Overcash, Jimmy Lee ⇗
TG	Matthijetz, Carl Walter ⇗
WG	Cochran, Thomas Tidwell ⇗
WG	Corfield, Robert Milton ⇗

B-17G 42-97072 SO*H,SU*A 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	Pond, Jesse Elmore ⇗

B-17G 42-97081 BK*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Corcoran, John Joseph ⇗
CP	Stewart, Gilman Carter ⇗
N	Collins, Bernard John ⇗
B	Murphy, David Williams ⇗
RO	Bowles, Charles Percy ⇗
TT	Hailey, Harold Charles ⇗
BT	Tenborg, George Laurence ⇗
TG	Mock, Melvin Bert ⇗
WG	Leonard, Frank Valentine ⇗
WG	Slife, Harry Frances ⇗

B-17G 42-97124 JD*M Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Burch, Hugh Ralph ⇗
CP	Bennett, Dewayne (NMI) ⇗
N	Copeland, Carter Glenn ⇗
TOG	Barrett, Richard Jennings ⇗
RO	Dahms, Rex John ⇗
TT	Jarvis, Francis Harrison ⇗
BT	Douglas, James Clifton ⇗
TG	Woodard, Everett Durwood ⇗
WG	Emmons, James Vincent ⇗
WG	Capps, Milburn Perry ⇗

B-17G 42-97136 SU*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Knapp, Paul Bernard ⇗
CP	Pulliam, Lyle James ⇗
N	DeWitt, Robert Courtney ⇗
TOG	LaSalle, Angelo Aloysius ⇗
RO	Stahl, Bruce Warren ⇗
TT	Jakway, James Allen ⇗
BT	Mason, Covert Nathan ⇗
TG	Cleland, Deston Kenneth ⇗
WG	Cates, Clay Franklin ⇗
WG	Matican, Sigmund Sidney ⇗

B-17G 42-97139 BK*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Decker, Charles Edgar ⇗
CP	Maahs, Robert Edward ⇗
N	Kobes, Eugene Paul ⇗
N	Barber, Ruffin Frank ⇗
RO	Blocksidge, Charles Russell ⇗
TT	O'Cain, Billy Eklund ⇗
BT	Reedy, Delbert Rudolph ⇗
TG	Smith, William Henry ⇗
WG	Rubinson, Harold David ⇗
WG	Bratko, John (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-97142 BK*N Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cole, Howard Woodrow ⇗
CP	Smigelsky, Horace Joseph ⇗
N	Fitzsimmons, Willis Ray ⇗
B	Blackburn, Rexford Maynard ⇗
RO	Ellis, Edwin Robert ⇗
TT	McKeon, Francis Peter ⇗
BT	Hart, George Thurman ⇗
TG	Hartranft, Landis Grant ⇗
WG	Artessa, Carmen Alex ⇗
WG	Long, Thomas Nelson ⇗

B-17G 42-97150 SO*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smith, Harry Bailey ⇗
CP	MacKichan, William Graham ⇗
N	Walling, Neil Emerson ⇗
B	Lynch, John Daniel ⇗
RO	Gray, Kenneth D (IO) ⇗
TT	Altendorf, Elroy Andrew ⇗
BT	Cox, John Stewart ⇗
TG	Felicetti, Frank Dominick ⇗
WG	Gustafson, Claus Norman ⇗
WG	Nichols, Melvin Allen ⇗

B-17G 42-97201 SO*J Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Kelly, John Thomas ⇗
CP	Roth, Verle Leroy ⇗
N	Welsbacher, Robert Henry ⇗
B	Dotherow, Ed (NMI) ⇗
RO	Trypuc, John Vincent ⇗
TT	Cruise, James Henry ⇗
BT	Chouinard, Garnet (NMI) ⇗
TG	Budassi, Remo Guido ⇗
WG	Madera, Alfred (NMI) ⇗
WG	Wray, Forrest Donald ⇗

B-17G 42-97228 JD*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Poole, George Irvin ⇗
CP	Butler, Robert Andrew ⇗
N	Kantor, Morris (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Voorhees, Ralph Warner ⇗
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 42-97231 SO*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Urton, Raymond Lee ⇗
CP	Castleman, Milton Eugene ⇗
N	McCafferty, John Andrew ⇗
B	Pederson, Floyd Roy ⇗
RO	Soto, Roman Serrano ⇗
TT	Treat, Royal DeWitt ⇗
BT	Loomis, Dorman George ⇗
TG	Hubbard, Warren Emmett ⇗
WG	Dailey, Donald William ⇗
WG	Leigh, James Carl ⇗

B-17G 42-97237 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lavin, James Robert ⇗
CP	Bendon, Louis Anger ⇗
N	Ashman, Harold Eugene ⇗
B	Anthes, Calvin Leroy ⇗
RO	Price, Edward Lyle ⇗
TT	Hollar, Troy (NMI) ⇗
BT	Brady, Lloyd George ⇗
TG	Malone, James Woodie ⇗
WG	Marz, Raymond Richard ⇗
WG	Johnson, Charles William ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report SCR
Position	Name	Status
P	Gekakis, Anthony ⇗
CP	Thoma, Edward Paul ⇗
N	Dolson, Henry James ⇗
TOG	Tucker, Clifton Roland ⇗
RO	Zinninger, William Maynard ⇗
TT	Ticknor, Edward Charles ⇗
BT	Connolly, William Edward ⇗
TG	McDonald, Edward William ⇗
WG	Casey, Robert Joseph ⇗
WG	Wilson, John Franklin ⇗

B-17G 42-97477 JD*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Miller, Max Jean ⇗
CP	Dent, James Edgar ⇗
N	White, Charles Oteen ⇗
B	Getty, Darrell Clark ⇗
RO	Watson, Henry Overholt ⇗
TT	Rodden, Elvie Lawrence ⇗
BT	Schelberg, Saul Jacob ⇗
TG	Krizner, Albert Patrick ⇗
WG	LeConey, Howard Rudolph ⇗
WG	Fulkerson, Edwin Pierce ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Horton, Lloyd (NMI) ⇗
CP	Smith, Donald Oril ⇗
N	Messer, Joseph Louis ⇗
TOG	Baker, Earl Shelton ⇗
RO	Fless, Gustave (NMI) ⇗
TT	Hunt, Leo Albert ⇗
BT	Couture, Clement Adrian ⇗
TG	Parsons, Lawrence Lincoln ⇗
WG	Duddy, Martin Joseph ⇗
WG	Philippi, Norbert Francis ⇗

B-17G 42-107058 BK*C Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smith, Charles Grover ⇗
CP	Haning, John Milton ⇗
N	Simmons, Wilbur (NMI) ⇗
B	Williams, Garven Foster ⇗
RO	Burton, Stanley Charles ⇗
TT	Rowe, Kenmore Edward ⇗
BT	Avilez, George (NMI) ⇗
TG	Davis, Hubert Miles ⇗
WG	Niday, Raymond (NMI) ⇗
WG	Wise, Robert Francis ⇗

B-17G 42-107083 BK*B Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	June, Glenn Joseph ⇗
CP	Melsen, Howard Carl ⇗
N	Jackson, William McClean ⇗
B	McGinnis, Roy (NMI) ⇗
RO	Cicci, Joseph Leonard ⇗
TT	Hansen, Svend Edward ⇗
BT	Aplin, William Carlton ⇗
TG	Bagosy, Paul Martin ⇗
WG	Fisk, Lloyd Glen ⇗
WG	Shukaitis, George Joseph ⇗

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