398th Combat Mission
8 August 1944
Target: Troop Concentration
Couvincourt, France
Information about this Mission
- Formation Chart for 8 August 1944 - Planned
- Formation Chart for 8 August 1944 - Over Target
- Lead Group (603rd): Wagner as CA, Hopkins as pilot
- Lead Group: Hunter on unofficial mission as CA with Rudrud
- Low Group (601st): Frazier as CA, Dalton as pilot
- High Group (600th): J.D. Lowe as pilot, Rice as co-pilot
- Narrative Report for 8 August 1944
- Interrogation Report for 8 August 1944 - Doerr
- The Battle of Normandy - The 398th Was There! by Keith Anderson, Pilot, 600th Squadron
- Keith Anderson, 398th Pilot - 600th Squadron 2003 Video Interview Transcription
- Lt. Robert J. Beckley's Diary for August 8, 1944
- Blackwell's Thirty-Four Man Crew by Wally Blackwell - Pilot
- World War II Odyssey - Chapter XIV: The First Combat Bombing Mission - Bretteville Le Rabet, France, August 8, 1944 by Bill Frankhouser, Navigator, 603rd Squadron
- Many B-17’s Suffered On Low Altitude Run by Bill Frazier - 601 Squadron Operations
- T/Sgt. Armand Fugge's Diary for August 8, 1944
- The Kentucky Colonel by Joe K. Mansell - Engineer/Gunner
- The Ken Elwood Crew - A Bombardier Remembers…. by George E. Schatz
- 12 Days a German Prisoner by Vonnerlin Wernecke, Navigator, 603rd Squadron
- S/Sgt. John Veenschoten's Diary for August 8, 1944
- Lt. Mark J. Woods, Jr.'s Diary for August 8, 1944
- Excerpt from Bob Hopkins' Letter to Dave Jordan for August 8, 1944
- Short FLAK NEWS Extract for August 8, 1944
- Elwood's Crew - 600th Squadron - 8 August 1944
- Fairbanks' Crew - 601st Squadron - 8 August 1944
- Wally Blackwell, 398th Pilot - 601st Squadron Video Interview Transcription
- Lt. Edward Jordan's Mission Information for 8 August 1944
- Lt. Edward Jordan - 398th Pilot - 603rd Squadron Audio Interview Transcription (just a few sentences)
- Captain Myer C. Wagner, Jr.: Award of the Silver Star for 8 August 1944
- Missing Air Crew Report: MACR 07383 - Baker's Crew - 8 August 1944
- Missing Air Crew Report: MACR 07384 - Hopkins' Crew - 8 August 1944
- Missing Air Crew Report: MACR 08065 - Blackwell's Crew - 8 August 1944
