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: Low group deputy and hot camera ship. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑107125 ⇗ | 545th | JD*G | DOASY DOATS |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Herzog, John Henry, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Brodie, James Joseph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Konopatzki, Robert Wallace⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Simmons, Clifford James⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Lafferty, Cornelius M⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Bauer, Henry (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Brown, Robert Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Euting, Carl Richard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Goresh, Andrew (NMI)⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |