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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 #55 ON 29 January 1944

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	Connelly, Gordon Raker ⇗
TG	Grant, Ralph Gilbert ⇗
WG	Barto, Louis Joseph ⇗
WG	Wyman, Donald George ⇗

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	Dow, Carleton Frederick ⇗
RO	Miles, Harold Ruoff ⇗
TT	Ross, James William ⇗
BT	Baird, Ralph Edwin ⇗
TG	Hopkins, James Russell ⇗
WG	Whipple, Charles Thomas ⇗
WG	Lunceford, John William ⇗

B-17F 42-3440 SU*B,P Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Boger, Eugene Arthur ⇗
CP	Goller, Theodore (NMI) ⇗
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-17F 42-3441 SO*E Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Price, William Merriman ⇗
CP	Smith, Harry Bailey ⇗
N	Barkley, John William ⇗
B	Arquette, Leroy Arthur ⇗
RO	Smith, Robert Eugene ⇗
TT	Beaty, Earl Richard ⇗
BT	Fulwider, Albert Clayton ⇗
TG	Pharr, Keating Sams ⇗
WG	Dailey, Donald William ⇗
WG	Leigh, James Carl ⇗

B-17F 42-5404 JD*M Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lovell, James MacNaughton ⇗
CP	Brookings, Walter Francis ⇗
N	Lewis, Joseph Franklyn ⇗
B	Bachicha, Martin Paul ⇗
RO	Deftos, Minot Fred ⇗
TT	Fowlkes, Calvin Oscar Lewis ⇗
BT	Tessmer, Warren David ⇗
TG	Kardos, Louis Julius ⇗
WG	Blankenship, Doye Herman ⇗
WG	Oldham, Jesse Zera ⇗

B-17F 42-5444 JD*N Sortie Report CM 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 42-29554 JD*Y Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Yelvington, Melton Albert ⇗
CP	Kass, Robert Hiler ⇗
N	Cecil, Boyd Allen ⇗
B	Hern, Wallace Currie ⇗
RO	Sigler, Edwin Robert ⇗
TT	Smith, Bob (NMI) ⇗
BT	Paige, Robert Eugene ⇗
TG	Dziura, Edward (NMI) ⇗
WG	Albertson, Harry Edward ⇗
WG	Capps, Milburn Perry ⇗

B-17F 42-29632 JD*K Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Writz, Horace Fred ⇗
CP	Harmon, Russell Dudley ⇗
N	Gorman, Robert Sebastian ⇗
B	Beeler, Paul Merlin ⇗
RO	Robertson, Frank Garland ⇗
TT	Gribbons, Warren David ⇗
BT	Hetzer, Anthony Joseph ⇗
TG	Pazsit, Edward Joseph ⇗
WG	Gac, Edward Sebastian ⇗
WG	Mikolayk, Zenen Charles ⇗

B-17F 42-29688 SO*S Sortie Report SP-CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	McDonald, Raymond Leroy ⇗
CP	Smith, Paul Matthew ⇗
N	Kontur, William John ⇗
B	Bean, George Henry ⇗
RO	Franzo, Anthony Joseph ⇗
TT	Pierce, Lee Clifton ⇗
BT	Egger, Richard Henry ⇗
TG	Egger, Robert Ross ⇗
WG	Gabriel, Daniel (NMI) ⇗
WG	Odom, Rufus Thurman ⇗

B-17F 42-29703 SU*E Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	West, George Berry ⇗
CP	Allio, Orion Randolph ⇗
N	DeWitt, Robert Courtney ⇗
B	Credidio, Anthony Joseph ⇗
RO	Duro, Victor Henry ⇗
TT	Crippen, Creig B ⇗
BT	Skerko, John (NMI) ⇗
TG	Graeb, William Louis ⇗
WG	Ray, William Charles ⇗
WG	Figley, Wilbert Guy ⇗

B-17F 42-29717 SU*H,M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Larsen, Jack Kirby ⇗
CP	Donovan, Warren Francis ⇗
N	Fallon, John James ⇗
B	Murray, Edward Joseph ⇗
RO	Cole, Robert Lester ⇗
TT	Barnes, Karl Francis ⇗
BT	Haverlah, Alton Bernhard ⇗
TG	Moore, John William ⇗
WG	Holler, Edward Ralph ⇗
WG	Simon, Edward (NMI) ⇗

B-17F 42-29723 BK*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Reed, Merlin Howard ⇗
CP	Rininsland, Bruce Martin ⇗
N	Gudyka, Peter (NMI) ⇗
B	Heiss, John Lawrence ⇗
RO	Wellman, Robert Francis ⇗
TT	Johnson, Robert O (1943) ⇗
BT	Osepchook, Arthur John ⇗
TG	Hardy, Emmet Francis ⇗
WG	Plotz, John James ⇗
WG	Casey, Robert Joseph ⇗

B-17F 42-29809 JD*X Sortie Report SP-CM 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-17G 42-31045 BK*M Sortie Report SP-RET CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rich, John (NMI) ⇗
CP	Wehry, George Ellsworth ⇗
N	Harvey, Harry Blakely ⇗
B	Marvin, William Vern ⇗
RO	Montagne, Henry Julien Louis ⇗
TT	Eklund, Howard Joseph ⇗
BT	Henken, Norman (NMI) ⇗
TG	Goddard, Kenneth Douglas ⇗
WG	Louden, Jack Elmer ⇗
WG	Jacobson, Donald Roger ⇗

B-17G 42-31058 BK*T Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Rinne, Austin Dean ⇗
CP	Bornhorst, Francis Joseph ⇗
N	Trees, William Ernest ⇗
B	Aegeter, John Lloyd ⇗
RO	Edwards, Thomas Joseph ⇗
TT	Jones, Leroy Charles ⇗
BT	Hickey, James Currie ⇗
TG	Regan, Charles Thomas ⇗
WG	Cooper, Robert Henry ⇗
WG	Page, William Marvin ⇗

B-17G 42-31211 BK*H Sortie Report CM 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	Shannon, Lucian Glenroie ⇗
BT	Van Gorkom, Lester Wilson ⇗
TG	Mitchell, Charles Floyd ⇗
WG	Hamm, Morton Washington ⇗
WG	Drennan, Robert Gerard ⇗

B-17G 42-31222 BK*D Sortie Report CM 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	McKay, Kenneth Mitchel ⇗
TG	Yaskow, Peter Thomas ⇗
WG	Ukrain, Sidney Charles ⇗
WG	Schekel, Lorin Edwin ⇗

B-17G 42-31235 SU*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Hurley, Joseph Anthony ⇗
CP	Duffy, John H ⇗
N	Drogue, Arthur Joseph ⇗
B	Henningsen, Peter Victor ⇗
RO	Schwandt, Lawrence Clarence ⇗
TT	Chmielecki, Stanley Anthony ⇗
BT	Bothwell, William (NMI) ⇗
TG	Hope, Leroy Hunter ⇗
WG	Fitzpatrick, Frank Joseph ⇗
WG	Bumpers, Frederick Scott ⇗

B-17G 42-31346 SU*Q 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 42-31364 SU*D Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Liles, Carl Lloyd ⇗
P	Jacobs, Randolph George Edward ⇗
N	Curtin, John Quinn ⇗
B	Davis, David Harold ⇗
RO	Gorham, Donald Frederick ⇗
TT	Goetz, Jack Keith ⇗
BT	Engwer, Donald Leroy ⇗
TG	Compton, Robert Lewis ⇗
WG	Wager, Lawrence Holmes ⇗
WG	Fisher, James Joseph ⇗

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	Zieba, Edmund (NMI) ⇗
WG	Majewski, Casmer Robert ⇗
WG	Zee, Julius (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-31433 SO*V Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Willing, Mark Skinner ⇗
CP	Witt, Francis John ⇗
N	Haley, Bruce Thomas ⇗
B	Brown, Robert E ⇗
RO	Benson, Thomas Joseph ⇗
TT	Holloway, Durwood Harmon ⇗
BT	Ott, Robert Edward ⇗
TG	Urton, Raymond Lee ⇗
WG	Smith, Walter Blaine ⇗
WG	Ripley, Seth Thomas ⇗

B-17G 42-31484 JD*F Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Edwards, Floyd Clinton ⇗
CP	Langlois, Robert Ezra ⇗
N	McKittrick, Vernon Russell ⇗
B	Palazzo, Anthony (NMI) ⇗
RO	Hopper, Hugh David ⇗
TT	Smith, Roger Carlton ⇗
BT	Johnson, James Hansel ⇗
TG	Folmar, Warren Alexander ⇗
WG	Zink, Chester Harvey ⇗
WG	Fleming, Paul Hane ⇗

B-17G 42-31495 SU*R Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Carpenter, Walter Richard ⇗
CP	Sharff, Sampson (NMI) ⇗
N	Hedin, Carl Anton ⇗
B	Mason, Earl Carter ⇗
RO	Fallesen, Wayne Peter ⇗
TT	McCracken, Dwight Howard ⇗
BT	O'Leary, Edward Joseph ⇗
TG	Leibring, Clarence Paul ⇗
WG	Zyglowicz, Bernard Frank ⇗
WG	Girard, Donald Robert ⇗

B-17G 42-31606 SO*O Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lovvorn, Hollie Ray ⇗
CP	Widener, Seth Grenell ⇗
N	Kazmerski, John Thomas ⇗
B	Fleenor, Charles Thurman ⇗
RO	Schwarz, James Cornelius ⇗
TT	Wilson, Gerald Eugene ⇗
BT	Miller, Robert Lee ⇗
TG	Taylor, Homer William ⇗
WG	Fernandez, Severino Jean ⇗
WG	Leach, Kenneth (NMI) ⇗

B-17G 42-37727 JD*Z Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Penney, Comus Robert ⇗
CP	Furber, Donald Wilson ⇗
N	Huber, Robert Thomas ⇗
B	Pinger, Harvey Klarner ⇗
RO	Parsons, Roland Westley ⇗
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 CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wolf, Richard Vance ⇗
CP	Horton, Lloyd (NMI) ⇗
N	Collins, Bernard John ⇗
B	Littleton, George James ⇗
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-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	Olstad, Kermit Iver ⇗
WG	Pond, Jesse Elmore ⇗

B-17G 42-37792 JD*B Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Cosentino, George (NMI) ⇗
CP	Riggins, George Clifton ⇗
N	Beinar, Theophilus Edward ⇗
B	Malcolm, George Sawyer ⇗
RO	Cason, Alfred Gibbs ⇗
TT	Butman, Frank Henry ⇗
BT	Curtis, William Stanley ⇗
TG	Faust, Glenn Millard ⇗
WG	Stanley, James Farrell ⇗
WG	Vorisek, Donald Thomas ⇗

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	Miller, Ellis Leroy ⇗
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 CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	LaSeur, William Veryle ⇗
CP	Kravet, Marvin Robert ⇗
N	Walling, Neil Emerson ⇗
B	Pederson, Floyd Roy ⇗
RO	Gray, Kenneth D (IO) ⇗
TT	Altendorf, Elroy Andrew ⇗
BT	Cox, John Stewart ⇗
TG	Felicetti, Frank Dominick ⇗
WG	Markiewicz, John Henry ⇗
WG	Gustafson, Claus Norman ⇗

B-17G 42-37816 JD*S Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
CDR	Buck, William Edward ⇗
P	Armstrong, Lloyd Rowland ⇗
N	Groh, Harold Chester ⇗
N	Wilson, Eugene Theodore ⇗
B	Kinney, William Brownie ⇗
RO	Carroll, George Henry ⇗
TT	Estes, Lloyd Stack ⇗
BT	Thurman, Fillman Clifton ⇗
TG	McGovern, Vincent James ⇗
WG	Renfro, Alvin Everette ⇗
WG	Polito, Michael John ⇗

B-17G 42-37848 BK*E Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Wilson, William Monroe ⇗
CP	Rabby, Carlos James ⇗
N	Schwartz, Julius Sol ⇗
B	Kenney, Paul E (IO) ⇗
RO	Compton, James Harold ⇗
TT	Birnbaum, Lester (NMI) ⇗
BT	Heintzelman, David Leroy ⇗
TG	Greene, Frank Palmer ⇗
WG	Pavlisko, John Arthur ⇗
WG	Lee, Donald Robert ⇗

B-17G 42-37885 SU*L, JD*D Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Lotz, William Henry ⇗
CP	Hall, Barney Marcus ⇗
N	McKinney, David Webster ⇗
B	Oyler, Ernest Renwick ⇗
RO	Owens, John Ralph ⇗
TT	Biederman, Harold Leroy ⇗
BT	Arnold, Walter Howard ⇗
TG	Clark, Alfred Albert ⇗
WG	Bonanza, John Joseph ⇗
WG	Harper, William Lester ⇗

B-17G 42-37974 JD*O, SU*M Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Pryor, Raymond Thomas ⇗
CP	Helmley, Loyd Elmer ⇗
N	Harmon, Frank James ⇗
TOG	Orth, Jay Shaffer ⇗
RO	Shade, William James ⇗
TT	Dudley, John Charles ⇗
BT	Stauffer, Karl Fred ⇗
TG	Coppage, Raymond Donald ⇗
WG	Flynn, Timothy Francis ⇗
WG	Pelkey, Arthur Symonds ⇗

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 ⇗
B	Dolf, Richard Merle ⇗
RO	Lisenby, Miles Frederick ⇗
TT	Watenpool, Jerome Francis ⇗
BT	Cameron, Francis Raymond ⇗
TG	Boydston, Elmer Dean ⇗
WG	Koscheski, Clyde Anderson ⇗
WG	Lewandowski, Thomas Michael ⇗

B-17G 42-38013 SO*C Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Bennett, Phillip Nathan ⇗
CP	Haley, Ralph Bernard ⇗
N	Monfort, Robert Hugh ⇗
B	Kemp, Phillip Giles ⇗
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 42-38014 BK*G Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Markow, Henry Victor ⇗
CP	Lundgren, Edward Warren ⇗
N	Schweikart, John William ⇗
B	Messer, Joseph Louis ⇗
RO	Atkinson, Owen Glenn ⇗
TT	Fooder, Elmer Hoben ⇗
BT	Stropek, George Vincent ⇗
TG	Misiewicz, Joseph Raymond ⇗
WG	Sager, Edwin Millard ⇗
WG	Madden, Arthur Willliam ⇗

B-17G 42-39784 SU*J Sortie Report ABT CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Covington, Royston Truitt ⇗
CP	Geary, James Eugene ⇗
N	Ohlson, Floyd Henry ⇗
B	McGuinn, Thomas Patrick ⇗
RO	Purdy, Alan Bradford ⇗
TT	Younker, John Joseph ⇗
BT	Anstead, William Warren ⇗
TG	Hall, Lawrence Marion ⇗
WG	Whitney, Stanley Clifford ⇗
WG	Caine, William Charles ⇗

B-17G 42-39809 SO*M Sortie Report RETE CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Smith, Roger Clement ⇗
CP	Reid, Harvey William ⇗
N	Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI) ⇗
TOG	Dudla, John Richard ⇗
RO	Kendall, Earl Frank ⇗
TT	Kaminski, Bruno (NMI) ⇗
BT	Danko, Charles Gabriel ⇗
TG	Green, Jesse Britten ⇗
WG	Hamilton, Gerald Thorwald ⇗
WG	Boney, Chester Joseph ⇗

B-17G 42-39888 SU*B Sortie Report SP-RET CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Jorgenson, Henry (NMI) ⇗
CP	Foster, James Everett ⇗
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 42-39991 BK*V Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Corcoran, John Joseph ⇗
CP	Wise, Joseph William ⇗
N	Schmalzried, George Frederick ⇗
B	Murphy, David Williams ⇗
RO	Bowles, Charles Percy ⇗
TT	Hailey, Harold Charles ⇗
BT	Tenborg, George Laurence ⇗
TG	Thompson, James Westerfield ⇗
WG	Slife, Harry Frances ⇗
WG	Leonard, Frank Valentine ⇗

B-17G 42-40005 BK*A Sortie Report CM CC
Position	Name	Status
P	Stier, George Withers ⇗
CP	Bertram, Harold John ⇗
N	Harvey, Ralph Oscar ⇗
B	Heine, Robert Paul ⇗
RO	Puckett, Noah Lee ⇗
TT	Kane, Francis Patrick ⇗
BT	Metz, Charles John ⇗
TG	Humble, Joe Thomas ⇗
WG	Norton, Richard Anthony ⇗
WG	Duddy, Martin Joseph ⇗