MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑08‑05 | 173 | 519 | Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany |
Fighter Control Center: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission to knock out a control center for enemy fighter aircraft. Intense flak at the primary target did not deter the bombers, and visual bombing conditions enabled accurate bombing. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High section deputy, lead group. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑102620 ⇗ | 546th | BK*P | DE RUMBLE IZER | Clayton, Alfred George |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Cline, Walter William⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | McCaffrey, William Henry⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Chadwick, Ronald H⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Lee, Van (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Fisher, Darwin Edward⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hawkins, Otis Dwight⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | McCreery, Robert Glenn⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Sterr, Robert E⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |