SORTIE REPORT #5490
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, high group.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑107083 ⇗ 546th BK*B not known Schiebel, Harold Arthur
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Peterson, John Wright⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McClelland, Robert Cornelius⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Toler, Charles Frederick, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Maddock, Walter James⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Hamlett, Lloyd G⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wick, Andrew Oliver⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Peckerar, Irvin Milton⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Lentz, Kenneth Melvin⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rabe, William Arthur, Jr⇗ 546 Completed, Uninjured
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