SORTIE REPORT #5508
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: Low group lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97941 ⇗ 545th JD*D MARION
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Bean, Arthur E, Jr⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Morris, Gordon (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Rubin, Frederic Edward⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Uriwal, Alfons Francis⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Swanson, Kenneth John⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Gray, James Ronald⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Bliss, John Franklin⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Glotfelty, Emroy Martin⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Stimac, John (NMI)⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Thompson, Luther Edwin⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lemoine, Fritz Paul⇗ 545 Completed, Uninjured
SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS:
TYPE IDENTIFICATION
Photo1944-08-05, Low Group Lead, A. Bean, G. Morris
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