398th Combat Mission

8 August 1944

Target: Troop Concentration
Cauvicourt, France

 

Information about this Mission
  1. Formation Chart for 8 August 1944 - Planned
  2. Formation Chart for 8 August 1944 - Over Target
  3. Lead Group (603rd): Wagner as CA, Hopkins as pilot
  4. Lead Group: Hunter on unofficial mission as CA with Rudrud
  5. Low Group (601st): Frazier as CA, Dalton as pilot
  6. High Group (600th): J.D. Lowe as pilot, Rice as co-pilot
  7. Narrative Report for 8 August 1944
  8. Interrogation Report for 8 August 1944 - Doerr
  9. The Battle of Normandy - The 398th Was There! by Keith Anderson, Pilot, 600th Squadron
  10. Keith Anderson, 398th Pilot - 600th Squadron 2003 Video Interview Transcription
  11. Lt. Robert J. Beckley's Diary for August 8, 1944
  12. Lt. Philip L. Benefiel's Diary for August 8, 1944
  13. Blackwell's Thirty-Four Man Crew by Wally Blackwell - Pilot
  14. World War II Odyssey - Chapter XIV: The First Combat Bombing Mission - Bretteville Le Rabet, France, August 8, 1944 by Bill Frankhouser, Navigator, 603rd Squadron
  15. Many B-17’s Suffered On Low Altitude Run by Bill Frazier - 601 Squadron Operations
  16. T/Sgt. Armand Fugge's Diary for August 8, 1944
  17. The Kentucky Colonel by Joe K. Mansell - Engineer/Gunner
  18. The Ken Elwood Crew - A Bombardier Remembers…. by George E. Schatz
  19. 12 Days a German Prisoner by Vonnerlin Wernecke, Navigator, 603rd Squadron
  20. S/Sgt. John Veenschoten's Diary for August 8, 1944
  21. Lt. Mark J. Woods, Jr.'s Diary for August 8, 1944
  22. Lt. Warren H. Wright's Diary for August 8, 1944
  23. Excerpt from Bob Hopkins' Letter to Dave Jordan for August 8, 1944
  24. Short FLAK NEWS Extract for August 8, 1944
  25. Elwood's Crew - 600th Squadron - 8 August 1944
  26. Fairbanks' Crew - 601st Squadron - 8 August 1944
  27. Wally Blackwell, 398th Pilot - 601st Squadron Video Interview Transcription
  28. Lt. Edward Jordan's Mission Information for 8 August 1944
  29. Lt. Edward Jordan - 398th Pilot - 603rd Squadron Audio Interview Transcription (just a few sentences)
  30. Captain Myer C. Wagner, Jr.: Award of the Silver Star for 8 August 1944
  31. Missing Air Crew Report: MACR 07383 - Baker's Crew - 8 August 1944
  32. Missing Air Crew Report: MACR 07384 - Hopkins' Crew - 8 August 1944
  33. Missing Air Crew Report: MACR 08065 - Blackwell's Crew - 8 August 1944