SORTIE REPORT #5475
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, low group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑107057.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑31222 ⇗ 546th BK*D LAZY DAISY Flynn, James Francis
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Vaden, Kenneth Underwood⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Brooks, James Joseph⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Wolf, Charles Elmer, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Neyer, Ralph Richard⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Brooker, Cameron Hutchison⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Browne, Erle Royden⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Hosmer, Richard Clyde⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sunshine, Morris Hyman⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Johnson, Donald E⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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