SORTIE REPORT #6274
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: PFF ship; wing deputy.
Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 44‑8047 547th SO*Z not known
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Kass, Robert Hiler 545 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Backman, Glenn Elmer 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Radakovitz, Herman Andrew 545 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Van Etten, Lawrence Edward 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Cox, Frank LeRoy, Jr 545 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Brown, James Paul 545 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Poulton, Robert Harry 545 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Wilde, Albert George 545 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Payne, Omar Eston 545 Completed, Uninjured
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