Mission #256 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 #256 ON 17 January 1945

B-17G 42-32106 JD*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Pelt, Charles A ⇗
CP	Gray, Fred Price ⇗
N	Murphy, Edward J ⇗
B	Gay, Joseph Bates ⇗
RO	Guentzel, Otto William ⇗
TT	Secrest, Marvin Victor ⇗
BT	Slack, Raymond Carl ⇗
WG	Den Herder, Edward (NMI) ⇗
WG	Harrison, James (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-37788 SO*N Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Van Popering, Earle Allen ⇗
CP	Doheny, William Edward ⇗
N	Ferrell, Jack Gordon ⇗
TOG	Myers, Ben Rice ⇗
RO	Pechout, Richard Anthony ⇗
TT	DeMattei, Laurence Charles ⇗
BT	Mathias, Charles William ⇗
TG	Denney, Roy Edward ⇗
WG	Maffei, Albert (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-38208 SO*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Birder, Rodney Hugh ⇗
CP	Clyde, Edward Calvin ⇗
N	Dickinson, Ezra Roger ⇗
B	Bentley, William Lincoln ⇗
RO	Grimes, Paul John ⇗
TT	Biera, Manuel Antonio ⇗
BT	Blanford, Glenn Ora ⇗
TG	Cato, William H ⇗
WG	MacMillan, Chester Abram ⇗

B-17G 42-97251 BK*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rush, Joseph Henry ⇗
CP	Schneider, Andrew J ⇗
N	Slivka, William J ⇗
TOG	Parker, Kenneth J ⇗
RO	Fleming, John William ⇗
TT	Stockstill, Thomas J ⇗
BT	Harris, Robert B ⇗
TG	Didion, Gilbert William ⇗
WG	Miller, Oscar Colquitt ⇗

B-17G 42-97510 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Milligan, George Robert ⇗
CP	Hastings, David Shove ⇗
N	Britt, Leo Thomas ⇗
B	Miller, Leland Edward ⇗
RO	Brooks, William Ralph ⇗
TT	Ray, Virgie Newton ⇗
BT	Horvath, Emil Louis ⇗
TG	Cline, Ellis Wallace ⇗
WG	Finstad, Berton Robert ⇗

B-17G 42-97592 SO*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Shelley, John Keith ⇗
CP	McCartney, James Thomas ⇗
N	Cavanaugh, William Daniel ⇗
N	McCaine, Jack Mezick ⇗
B	Arnold, Vern L ⇗
RO	Soto, Roman Serrano ⇗
TT	Vickers, Charles Dunnington ⇗
WG	Ott, Robert Edward ⇗
WG	Nelson, Marion A ⇗
OBS	Vance, William F ⇗

B-17G 42-97824 SU*U Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rice, Robert Eugene ⇗
CP	Janczy, Thomas Joseph ⇗
N	Calnitz, Jerome (NMI) ⇗
N	Richter, Morris Herman ⇗
B	Feider, Leo John ⇗
RO	Wynn, Francis Xavier ⇗
TT	Deaton, Marshall Taylor ⇗
BT	Spradlin, Clifford Wright ⇗
TG	Kelsey, Donald Edward ⇗
WG	Butler, Ralph Willard ⇗

B-17G 42-97960 SO*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Molder, Charles Richard ⇗
CP	Treadway, Hobart Wayne ⇗
N	Knowlton, Ernest Richard ⇗
TOG	Hayden, Ralph Millan ⇗
RO	Haynes, Harold Vernon ⇗
TT	Hookailo, Daniel Bernard ⇗
BT	Constantine, Damian N ⇗
TG	Rizzuti, Leonard James ⇗
WG	Jacobs, Harris Frederick ⇗

B-17G 42-102501 BK*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McKay, William Monroe ⇗
CP	Thomas, Daniel G ⇗
N	Miller, John C ⇗
B	Anderson, Olan Earl ⇗
RO	Vickroy, Ralph Louis ⇗
TT	Roupe, Harry Leroy ⇗
BT	Tidwell, Eldes Dee ⇗
TG	Simpson, Billy J ⇗
WG	McCreery, Robert Glenn ⇗

B-17G 42-102518 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Welsh, James H ⇗
CP	Burroughs, Edwin Carlton ⇗
N	Bierman, Robert (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Strutz, La Verne Herman ⇗
RO	Loffarelli, Clarence Peter ⇗
TT	Werner, Edwin J (IO) ⇗
BT	Kotnik, Robert Rudolph ⇗
TG	Thompson, LeDru Myron ⇗
WG	Adams, Jack Colvin ⇗

B-17G 42-102620 BK*P, SU*F,K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fleshman, Warren Gray ⇗
CP	Laney, John Neal ⇗
N	Cochran, John Edward ⇗
TOG	Decker, Floyd Virgil ⇗
RO	Richardson, William Harrison ⇗
TT	Woodruff, Walter Charles ⇗
BT	Galetto, Anthony J ⇗
TG	Baumann, Frederick Herman ⇗
WG	Mitchell, Oreal Hugh ⇗

B-17G 42-107148 JD*P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	MacKellar, Donald Allen ⇗
CP	Carroll, James E ⇗
N	Cebulski, Leo Carl ⇗
B	Horoff, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
RO	Misch, Henry Conrad ⇗
TT	Courtney, Raymond F ⇗
BT	Calvin, Edmond Ernest ⇗
TG	Brown, Charles Stout ⇗
WG	Connell, Harvey Clarence ⇗

B-17G 43-37843 SO*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ruckman, George Francis ⇗
CP	O'Leary, William Joseph ⇗
N	Dulac, Albert Arthur ⇗
B	Rivall, Jack Wallace ⇗
RO	Garstak, Jack George ⇗
TT	Hill, John R ⇗
BT	Berthold, Charles W ⇗
TG	Sorenson, Fredrick A ⇗
WG	Rice, Alonzo Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-37917 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hewes, Charles Pershing ⇗
CP	Murray, John Phillip ⇗
N	Hollenbeck, Leonard Avenel ⇗
TOG	Elliott, William Richard ⇗
RO	Cogan, Joseph Dean ⇗
TT	Wilcher, Charles Nelson ⇗
BT	Farrell, Richard Cornwall ⇗
TG	Huffine, Robert Edward ⇗
WG	Mutchler, James Charles ⇗

B-17G 43-38016 SU*R Sortie Report CF CC (Weather A/C)
Position	Name	Status
P	Minor, Henry W ⇗
CP	Gross, Kenneth Eugene ⇗

B-17G 43-38062 SU*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Warner, Henry L ⇗
CP	Miller, John C ⇗
N	Berwald, Raymond Edward ⇗
B	Brown, William C ⇗
RO	Dean, Donald Lloyd ⇗
TT	Seidel, John Clarence ⇗
BT	Poulsen, Leonard Irvin ⇗
TG	Portwood, Ray S ⇗
WG	Taliaferro, Philip Andrew ⇗

B-17G 43-38501 BK*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tatulis, Charles Paul ⇗
CP	Stern, Vernon Mark ⇗
N	Steffen, Willis William ⇗
B	Payne, Lloyd Clarence ⇗
RO	Hanson, Charles Henry ⇗
TT	Quon, Mingwah Albert ⇗
BT	Einhouse, Raymond Dale ⇗
TG	Werner, Richard H ⇗
WG	Peck, Hubert Raymond ⇗

B-17G 43-38548 BK*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Ramsay, Walter E ⇗
CP	Wahlstrom, Harry Lawrence ⇗
N	Mitchell, John Glenn ⇗
B	Mitchell, Jacklin Wilson ⇗
RO	Marberg, Roy Kurt ⇗
TT	Hartman, John Edward ⇗
BT	Lacey, Ray (NMI) ⇗
TG	Moore, Thomas Joseph ⇗
WG	Kotys, Joseph (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 43-38630 SO*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Klatt, Merton Dale ⇗
CP	Baker, John R ⇗
N	Hammond, Jerrold Eugene ⇗
B	Fisher, Earl Wellington ⇗
RO	Pattison, Carroll Eugene ⇗
TT	Wetherbee, Owen L ⇗
BT	Warner, Homer James ⇗
TG	Jones, Lilburn Howard ⇗
WG	Nastick, Henry Pete ⇗

B-17G 43-38673 JD*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Weisenberg, Leonard NMI ⇗
CP	Ryan, Chilton (NMI) ⇗
N	Niemiec, Leonard Roy ⇗
TOG	Samuels, Robert Howard ⇗
RO	Luburich, Michael (NMI) ⇗
TT	Hanrahan, Francis Glen ⇗
BT	Waggoner, Buford (NMI) ⇗
TG	Green, James Andrew ⇗
WG	Virtue, Earl Elery ⇗

B-17G 43-38678 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Holmes, George W ⇗
CP	Clishem, James Edward ⇗
N	Rubin, Frederic Edward ⇗
B	Sienkiewicz, Henry Chester ⇗
RO	Burke, John Joseph ⇗
TT	Harshman, William Everett ⇗
BT	Applegate, William Charles ⇗
TG	Coburn, Ellsworth Gorden ⇗
WG	Hultberg, Stanley Robert ⇗

B-17G 43-38721 JD*J Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Boyette, Irving H ⇗
CP	Dott, Donald Shropshire ⇗
N	Beltz, William R ⇗
B	Frantzen, Donald John ⇗
RO	Beall, Charles H ⇗
TT	Barber, Raymond Clifford ⇗
BT	Chapman, Ralph Reese ⇗
TG	Greer, Clarence Earl ⇗
WG	Pohlmann, John H ⇗

B-17G 43-38752 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Phillips, Herbert Dyer ⇗
CP	Goble, Charles D ⇗
N	Weckerly, John Benjamin ⇗
B	McDaniel, Oscar Kenneth ⇗
RO	Trzynka, Harold Afred ⇗
TT	Haskett, Everett Wiliam ⇗
BT	Colwell, George Leslie ⇗
TG	Ambach, Edward John ⇗
WG	Adams, Frederick L ⇗

B-17G 43-38757 SO*L Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Whitesides, John Boyce ⇗
CP	Moxley, John Carper ⇗
N	Cohen, Harvey S ⇗
TOG	Steinberg, William Herman ⇗
RO	Dube, Roland Raymond ⇗
TT	Pavlos, Nickolas Manuel ⇗
BT	Gegus, John Frank ⇗
TG	York, Carroll Raymond ⇗
WG	Scholle, George L ⇗

B-17G 43-38800 SO*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smisek, William Joseph ⇗
CP	Zakas, Joseph (NMI) ⇗
N	Carr, Robert John ⇗
TOG	Harper, Jack Rollin ⇗
RO	Manolio, Albert Thomas ⇗
TT	Pazjk, Frank Joseph ⇗
BT	Misko, Louis E ⇗
TG	Boyd, Lester Ross ⇗
WG	Matthews, Franklin Waller ⇗

B-17G 43-38823 JD*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Starr, William George ⇗
CP	Oliver, Mando (NMI) ⇗
N	Greenfield, Sidney Lloyd ⇗
TOG	Downs, Wayne Hargis ⇗
RO	Busch, Edward J ⇗
TT	Hall, William Richard ⇗
BT	Phillips, William R ⇗
TG	Perkins, Lubia Alton ⇗
WG	Hatcher, John F ⇗

B-17G 43-38927 SU*H Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Fisher, Robert Jeremy ⇗
CP	Robilotta, Robert Frank ⇗
N	Obermeyer, Robert Henry ⇗
TOG	Ozyjowski, Eugene (NMI) ⇗
RO	Kennebeck, Edwin Eugene ⇗
TT	Goode, Joseph Edward ⇗
BT	Rauch, John (NMI) ⇗
TG	Spafford, Kenneth Culver ⇗
WG	Pacocha, Edward John ⇗

B-17G 43-38994 BK*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Johnson, Donald Ernest ⇗
CP	Kloss, Stanley Frank ⇗
N	Henderson, Frank William ⇗
TOG	Sterr, Robert Edward ⇗
RO	Cawthon, William Hilton ⇗
TT	Barnes, Lawrence Valentine ⇗
BT	Asby, Sidney Lee ⇗
TG	Matthews, Frederick Donald ⇗
WG	Plont, George John ⇗

B-17G 43-39053 BK*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Spangler, George Knox ⇗
CP	Yerrick, Allen Gould ⇗
N	Barr, David T ⇗
B	Banks, Clyde P ⇗
RO	Gardner, Charles L ⇗
TT	Rogers, Donald Vincent ⇗
BT	Carney, Walter Arthur ⇗
TG	Haney, Milton J ⇗
WG	Strain, John Linton ⇗

B-17G 43-39060 BK*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Gilmer, Charles E ⇗
CP	Edwards, Robert A ⇗
N	Cahill, Martin Owen ⇗
TOG	Oliveira, Calvin George ⇗
RO	Alessi, Vincent (NMI) ⇗
TT	Sainsbury, Joseph A ⇗
BT	Anderson, Carl Ellsworth ⇗
TG	Scarce, James Richard ⇗
WG	Drew, John Edward ⇗

B-17G 44-6109 JD*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Peterson, Calvin James ⇗
CP	Voiland, Eugene Edward ⇗
N	Rouse, Roscoe (NMI) ⇗
B	Means, Bert George ⇗
RO	Magilson, Raymond Howard ⇗
TT	Harting, Lester Elias ⇗
BT	Biedrzycki, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
TG	Kitzmiller, Richard Gorgas ⇗
WG	Newberry, Donald Eugene ⇗

B-17G 44-6476 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Festersen, John Carl ⇗
CP	Miller, LaVerne Sayre ⇗
N	Sullivan, William R ⇗
B	Gatlin, Maurice Brooks ⇗
RO	Lee, Van (NMI) ⇗
TT	Cobb, Roy D ⇗
BT	Titsworth, Charles Wayne ⇗
TG	McFalls, Johnny Winslow ⇗
WG	Sobota, John Edward ⇗

B-17G 44-6514 SO*Q Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Belsinger, Harry Flair ⇗
CP	Bradford, James W ⇗
N	Titus, William L ⇗
B	Altgelt, James Ernest ⇗
RO	Mumma, Adin Wolgemuth ⇗
TT	Kuehn, Carl Edwin ⇗
BT	Cantwell, Richard L ⇗
TG	Davis, Dixon (NMI) ⇗
WG	Holbrook, Howard Ueles ⇗

B-17G 44-6592 SO*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Tebo, Clerance L ⇗
CP	Hall, Freeman Alexander ⇗
N	Trombley, Wilfred Joseph ⇗
B	Matzner, Henry (NMI) ⇗
RO	Ry's, Henry A ⇗
TT	Waldron, Jack Theodore ⇗
BT	Nance, Dale Richard ⇗
TG	Williams, John Otto ⇗
WG	Brief, Leonard Thomas ⇗

B-17G 44-8211 BK*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Johnson, William T ⇗
P	Blankenmeyer, William J ⇗
N	Mass, Russell C ⇗
N	Gibson, Merle Leon ⇗
N	Merlis, Albert L ⇗
B	Bonnett, Charles Daniel ⇗
RO	Fictum, Blair Eugene ⇗
TT	DeMesquita, Seymour Aron ⇗
BT	Work, Robert Elijah ⇗
TG	Dobson, Roy E ⇗
WG	McDonald, Donald Thomas ⇗

B-17G 44-8401 SU*X Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Carnes, Joe Ross ⇗
P	Orr, James Wallace ⇗
N	McCarthy, Robert George ⇗
N	Sundeen, William Erhard ⇗
B	Reed, Ira Ottinger ⇗
RO	London, Albert (NMI) ⇗
TT	Ford, Charles William ⇗
BT	Miller, Irving Leroy ⇗
TG	Lewandowski, Leo Joseph ⇗
WG	Panici, Raymond Arnold ⇗

B-17G 44-8608 SU*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Galiano, Joe Vincent ⇗
CP	LeSuer, Herman Paul ⇗
N	Arwine, Joe Arnold ⇗
TOG	Foust, John Monroe ⇗
RO	Fischer, George (NMI) ⇗
TT	Black, Howard Vincent ⇗
BT	Portugal, Walter Lyon ⇗
TG	Ginder, John Pershing ⇗
WG	Ducsay, Joseph C ⇗