SORTIE REPORT #6265
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
Comments: Hot camera ship.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑37917 545th JD*B PAULINE
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Hulcher, Donald Lawrence 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot McCord, Robert Bruce, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Ouellette, George Albert, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Philleo, Richard Norman 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Howe, Vernon Bullock 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Baer, Robert (NMI) 545 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Atkins, Byron Leverne 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Guy, Roderick Melbourne 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Van Britson, Raymond Jules 545 Completed, Uninjured
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