SORTIE REPORT #6271
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: Low Squadron.
TOO (Visual)
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Stuttgart (Northeast), Germany
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑38013 547th SO*C NEVADA AVENGER
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Skehan, Joseph Lynne 547 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Heubner, Emil J 547 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Hannaford, Gordon Coyle 547 Completed, Uninjured
Togglier Kugler, James Hart 547 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Dufur, William Sargent 547 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Klien, William Martin 547 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Adameit, Robert Carl 547 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Knight, Amon Lamar 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Stanek, Robert Brice 547 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Mess, Richard Carl 547 Completed, Uninjured
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