| 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 | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
| B-17G | 42‑107121 ⇗ | 546th | BK*J | KENTUCKY COLONEL / HELENA II | Stachon, John Joseph |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | McDaniel, Earl Clark⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Pougiales, George Francis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Reeder, James Louis⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Williams, David H⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Wiggin, George Owen⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Sullivan, Robert J⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Peterson, William J⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Head, Robert Laverne⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |