SORTIE REPORT #5481
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 deputy, lead group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102620 ⇗ 546th BK*P DE RUMBLE IZER Clayton, Alfred George
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Cline, Walter William⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Johnson, Donald Ernest⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator McCaffrey, William Henry⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Chadwick, Ronald H⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Lee, Van (NMI)⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Fisher, Darwin Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Hawkins, Otis Dwight⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner McCreery, Robert Glenn⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Sterr, Robert Edward⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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