SORTIE REPORT #5484
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: Low Squadron lead, low group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑6109 545th JD*Q OLE TULIK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Kass, Robert Hiler 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Swan, John Loyal 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Radakovitz, Herman Andrew 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Adorni, Roy Francis 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Brown, James Paul 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Chambers, James Melvin 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Sutphin, Richard Eugene 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Meyers, Stanley (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Briones, Leon Humberto 545 Completed, Uninjured
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