SORTIE REPORT #5493
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: Lead group hot camera ship.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97150 547th SO*F SILVER QUEEN
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Frederick, Edwin Bernard 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Stockman, William Alexander 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Zanin, Anthony John 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Crowell, Hollis Henry 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ballenger, John Sidney 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Storm, Delbert 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wilson, August Frederick 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Foster, Garnet Eugene 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Orth, Alvin Wilson 547 Completed, Uninjured
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