| 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 42‑97521; see 42‑97521 for details. Returned with wounded aboard. Radio Operator Mulvey was wounded in his left upper arm by flak: he was hospitalized, but returned to combat duty four days later. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 42‑97941 ⇗ | 545th | JD*D | MARION |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Chadwick, James Woodrow⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Co-pilot | Grantham, Edgar Harry⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | White, Leslie Comer⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Verbryke, Robert Merrill⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Mulvey, Lawrence Vernon⇗ | 545 | Wounded |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Brown, Virgil Darrah⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Ball Turret | Schoonover, Henry Kermit⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Klumpp, Kenneth Bernard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Merfeld, Louis Leonard⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |