SORTIE REPORT #6240
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 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Comments: High Squadron
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME GROUND CREW CHIEF
B-17G 42‑102501 546th BK*H THE CHALLENGER Watterson, Arnold (NMI)
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Clements, Ben Hill, Jr 546 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Skelton, Leslie Parker 546 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Barion, Chester Vincent 546 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Corcoran, Stephen Martin 546 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Kramer, Marvin Arthur 546 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Susan, John (NMI) 546 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret Gillespie, Keith Wendell 546 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Brooks, Donald Lee 546 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Pattillo, William James 546 Completed, Uninjured
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