| 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 | Completed Mission | Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑37822 ⇗ | 544th | SU*C | THE 'LEAD BANANA' |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Groff, Richard Hubert⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Smith, James Milton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Green, Hugh Joseph⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Gilliam, Charles Lamb⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Ludvik, Antone Francis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Noble, Raymon Lewis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Laursen, Harold James⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Yelinich, John (NMI), Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Haskell, William Hilton⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |