SORTIE REPORT #5500
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 Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37703 544th SU*P TREMBLIN GREMLIN (II)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Dodson, Lee White 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Proctor, John Richard 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gary, Joseph Shirley 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier McClure, Oscar Milton 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Nieters, George Henry, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Schulz, Russell Lloyd 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Fox, Fred Calvin 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Northrup, Robert Louis 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Luciano, Fred Joseph 544 Completed, Uninjured
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