SORTIE REPORT #6273
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: Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 43‑37713. High Squadron lead.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 43‑38016 544th SU*R LORRAINE Jones, Robert A
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Commander Ulrey, Edgar Ellsworth GpHQ Completed, Uninjured
Pilot Peterson, John Wright 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Giles, John Porter, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Moody, James Clifton, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Zink, Frank John 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Wick, Andrew Oliver 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Peckerar, Irvin Milton 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Maddock, Walter James 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Lentz, Kenneth Melvin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Rabe, William Arthur, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
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