SORTIE REPORT #6256
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 Primary (Visual)
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 42‑97320 544th SU*G HOT ROCK
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Carnes, Joe Ross, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Co-pilot Wyatt, William Glenn 544 Completed, Uninjured
Navigator Benjamin, Alfred David 544 Completed, Uninjured
Bombardier Reed, Ira Ottinger, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Radio Operator Schick, Frank Joseph, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Engineer/Top Turret Ford, Charles William, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Ball Turret King, James Bernard, Jr 544 Completed, Uninjured
Tail Gunner Ciejka, Walter Casimer 544 Completed, Uninjured
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Panici, Raymond Arnold 544 Completed, Uninjured
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