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, Some Crew Bailed Out Comments: Five EM bailed out before target at 1230 near Garlstorf, Germany, when a hydraulic motor burned out, causing intense smoke in the cockpit: 'Stand by to bail out' order was heard by EM as 'Bail out' and they jumped - see MACR 7885. Plane attacked target with remaining 4 crew members. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 42‑107058 ⇗ | 546th | BK*C | WHITE ANGEL | Jacobs, Gilbert Oren |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Mead, Frank Willard⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Daniel, Thomas Cogswell, Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Bryson, Jerry Russell⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Togglier | Dillon, Howard Arthur⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Vennel, Alexander Joseph⇗ | 546 | POW |
Engineer/Top Turret | Joyce, Robert Oliver⇗ | 546 | POW |
Ball Turret | Treat, John Afton⇗ | 546 | POW |
Tail Gunner | Castiglione, Vincent Joseph⇗ | 546 | POW/Wounded |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Woods, Harold Leroy⇗ | 546 | POW |
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
MACR | Missing Air Crew Report # 7885⇗ |