| MISSION DATA: | |||
| DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
| 1944‑09‑10 | 191 | 619 | Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany |
| 384th Leads Wing: The 384th Bomb Group (H) provided all aircraft for the 41st B CBW, the tenth of eleven wings in Air Task Force 3 of Eighth Air Force Mission 619. The lead and high squadrons attacked the primary target at Sindelfingen visually, after four and two bomb runs, respectively. The low squadron lost contact with the group leader and, after finding the primary target obscured by clouds, went on to bomb a target of opportunity, railroad marshaling yards between Stuttgart and Bad Cannstatt, Germany. | |||
| SORTIE DATA: | ||
| COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
| Yes |
Spare, Completed Mission Comments: Lead Squadron flying spare; joined formation. The Brodie crew may have been originally assigned to fly 42‑97309, and was forced to switch aircraft for unknown reasons. Apparently they were told to go to Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37971, but that had already been assigned to Johnstone. Again for unknown reasons, the Chadwick Crew was told to move to lead Ground Spare Aircraft 43‑37971, and turn over 42‑97521 to the Brodie Crew. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97521 ⇗ | 545th | JD*H | THE SAINT |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Brodie, James Joseph⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Vevle, Lloyd Oliver⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Hawkins, George Marshall, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Barnes, William Douglas, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Taylor, William Edson⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Crumpton, Robert Doyle⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Hetu, Gordon Eugene⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Miller, Wilfred Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Liniger, Harry Allen⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |