384th BG Mission

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	5 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations Mission 519: In the morning, 1,171 bombers and 646 fighters are dispatched to attack strategic targets in the Magdeburg-Brunswick-Hannover region of Germany including oil refineries and tank and aircraft production; 13 bombers and 4 fighters are lost: >> Air Task Force 1. Of 215 B-17s, 93 hit Magdeburg/Neustadt, 87 hit Magdeburg/Krupp, 14 hit Helmstedt Airfield and 6 hit targets of opportunity; they claim 3-1-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 B-17s are lost and 189 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 8 WIA and 28 MIA. Escort is provided by 174 P-38s and P-51s; they claim 19-1-7 aircraft in the air and 1-0-2 on the ground; 1 P-38 and 3 P-51s are lost (pilots are MIA) and 1 P-38 and 5 P-51s are damaged; 1 pilot is KIA and 1 WIA. >> Air Task Force 2. 70 of 78 B-24s hit Halberstadt Airfield and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost and 7 damaged; 9 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 41 of 47 P-47s; they claim 4-0-1 aircraft. >> Air Task Force 3. Of 452 B-24s, 98 hit Brunswick Aero-Engineering, 85 hit Fallerslaben, 69 hit Brunswick/Wilhelmitor, 65 hit Brunswick/Me 110 Assembly Plant, 44 hit Brunswick/Bussing, 30 hit Brunswick aircraft components factory, 9 hit Goslar Airfield and 8 hit targets of opportunity; 7 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 147 damaged; 13 airmen are KIA, 5 WIA and 55 MIA. Escort is provided by 172 of 188 P-51s; they claim 5-0-1 in the air and 3-0-3 on the ground; 1 P-51 is damaged. >> Air Task Force 4. Of 426 B-17s, 176 hit Nienburg, 143 hit Hannover/Langenhagen Airfield, 72 hit Dollbergen and 3 hit targets of opportunity; 2 B-17s are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 130 are damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 5 WIA and 15 MIA. Escort is provided by 186 of 197 P-51s; they claim 1-0-0 aircraft; 2 P-51s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 6 damaged; 2 pilots are MIA. > Mission 520: 38 of 39 B-17s hit 6 V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais; 19 B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 10 of 12 P-51s; they claim 0-0-1 aircraft on the ground. >> Mission 522: 6 of 6 B-17s drop leaflets in the Netherlands and France during the night. > 19 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night. In England, HQ 492d Bombardment Group (Heavy) moves from North Pickenham to Harrington; and the 406th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), VIII Air Force Composite Command [attached to 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)], moves from Harrington to Cheddington with B-24s. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
Mission	384th BG Mission Number 173, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 519 Fighter Control Center Next Mission Previous Mission 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.
Primary Target	Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 33 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 2 Scrubbed - 1 Aborted - 1 Some Crewmembers Bailed Out - 1
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents	1944-08-05, Low Group Lead, A. Bean, G. Morris⇗ 1944-08-05, High Group Lead, G. Sammons, F. Allred⇗

41 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑31222⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, low group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107057. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	Low group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	Rainey, Harry Wesley⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	Lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37822⇗	Hughes, Robert Davis⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	High group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Shwery, Arthur John⇗	Completed Mission	A flak shell exploded beside the nose of "Tremblin Gremlin" on the bomb run. "I'm hit" said the bombardier, 1st Lt. Marvin Fryden, but he remained at his bombsight until bombs-away, then collapsed. He had been hit in the chest, and subsequently died of his wounds. Schwery (pilot) and Seeley (TT) were also wounded, and the plane was severely damaged, barely making it back to England to land at Halesworth, AAF Station 365, on two engines, with no brakes, and many flak holes. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38013⇗	Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	Prop governor on #2 engine defective. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Sienkiewicz, Edward Alfred⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Soester, Wilbur Leroy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Bills, Edgar L⇗	Completed Mission	Four bombs hung up. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Patella, Joseph David⇗	Completed Mission	High group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Groff, Richard Hubert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97699⇗	Kelsay, Omar Frank⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97941⇗	Morris, Gordon (NMI)⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102459⇗	Norton, Paul E⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Clements, Ben Hill⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Kinnaird, William Robert⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102566⇗	Wood, Rodney J⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Cline, Walter William⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Allred, Frank Lavon⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102959⇗	Thompson, Paul Waldron⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31222. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	Mead, Frank Willard⇗	Completed Mission, Some Crew Bailed Out	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. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107083⇗	Peterson, John Wright⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Herzog, John Henry⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37703⇗	Dodson, Lee White⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Davis, L K (IO)⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Wismer, Richard Glen⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗	Strong, Bert Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗	Bean, Donald W⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗	Martin, Donald Francis⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗	Parker, George Frederick⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Mock, John Montague⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	Kass, Robert Hiler⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗	Maxey, Jesse Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6141⇗	Toler, Harold Morton⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused

Mission # 173

MISSION SUMMARY