| 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) |
| No |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off. Comments: Turned back due to supercharger failures (and insufficient spares on board to remedy). |
N/A |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑102430 ⇗ | 545th | JD*O | SPAM-O-LINER |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Wismer, Richard Glen⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Co-pilot | Fletcher, Graydon James⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Navigator | Kelley, Darwin Thomas⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Bombardier | Abrusci, Lorenzo V (IO)⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Radio Operator | Bussey, Harold Lewis⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Schoebel, John Edward⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Ball Turret | Lewis, David Bradford⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Tail Gunner | Cogan, Joseph Dean⇗ | 545 | Aborted |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Leibel, William Joseph⇗ | 545 | Aborted |