SORTIE REPORT #5496
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: Four bombs hung up.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97263 547th SO*D LADY MARGARET
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Bills, Edgar L 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Weideman, Dennis Archie 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Gronemeyer, Lyle Jacob 547 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Arnold, Vern L 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Potts, Raymond Louis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Miller, LuVerne Frank 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Iorio, William Louis 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Mauck, Keith Wilbur 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Murray, John Joseph 547 Completed, Uninjured
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