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: High section lead, lead group. |
Primary (Visual) |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | |||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME | GROUND CREW CHIEF |
B-17G | 43‑37713 ⇗ | 546th | BK*S | GREWSOME CREWSOME | Jones, Robert A |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Davis, L K (IO), Jr⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Causa, Raymond (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Stutman, William Nathaniel⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Fitzpatrick, James Leo⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Finley, Carl Eugene⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Sandidge, Robert Magnus⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Romeo, Reno (NMI)⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Kaloc, Edward Thomas⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Chacho, Albert John⇗ | 546 | Completed, Uninjured |