398th Combat Mission

8 August 1944

Target: Troop Concentration, Couvincourt, France

 

Information about this Mission
  1. Formation Chart for 8 August 1944
  2. Lead Group (603rd): Wagner as CA, Hopkins as pilot
  3. Low Group (601st): Frazier as CA, Dalton as pilot
  4. High Group (600th): Lowe as CA, Rice as pilot
  5. Mission Narratives for 8 August 1944
  6. Interrogation Reports for 8 August 1944
  7. The Battle of Normandy - The 398th Was There! by Keith Anderson, Pilot, 600th Squadron
  8. Lt. Robert J. Beckley's Diary for August 8, 1944
  9. Blackwell's Thirty-Four Man Crew by Wally Blackwell - Pilot
  10. World War II Odyssey - Chapter XIV: The First Combat Bombing Mission - Bretteville Le Rabet, France, August 8, 1944 by Bill Frankhouser
  11. Many B-17’s Suffered On Low Altitude Run by Bill Frazier - 601 Squadron Operations
  12. T/Sgt. Armand Fugge's Diary for August 8, 1944
  13. The Kentucky Colonel by Joe K. Mansell - Engineer/Gunner
  14. The Ken Elwood Crew - A Bombardier Remembers…. by George E. Schatz
  15. 12 Days a German Prisoner by Vonnerlin Wernecke
  16. S/Sgt. John Veenschoten's Diary for August 8, 1944
  17. Lt. Mark J. Woods, Jr.'s Diary for August 8, 1944
  18. Excerpt from Bob Hopkins' Letter to Dave Jordan for August 8, 1944
  19. Short FLAK NEWS Extract for August 8, 1944
  20. Elwood's Crew - 600th Squadron - 8 August 1944
  21. Fairbanks' Crew - 601st Squadron - 8 August 1944
  22. Wally Blackwell, 398th Pilot - 601st Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  23. Lt. Edward Jordan's Mission Information for August 8, 1944
  24. Lt. Edward Jordan - 398th Pilot - 603rd Squadron Audio Interview Transcription (just a few sentences)
  25. Captain Myer C. Wagner, Jr.: Award of the Silver Star for 8 August 1944