| 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 lead. Air commander is Lt. Col. Calhoun Wing Leader, 41st CBW HQ. |
Primary (Visual) |
| SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
| TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
| B-17G | 44‑8007 ⇗ | 545th | JD*Z | SCREAMING EAGLE |
| SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
| POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
| Pilot | Keate, Richard Clifford⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Kane, William Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Lucyshyn, John (NMI)⇗ | 547 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Navigator | Rubin, Frederic Edward⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Bombardier | Baggs, Joseph William⇗ | GpHQ | Completed, Uninjured |
| Radio Operator | Palecek, George Frank⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Engineer/Top Turret | Zook, Lloyd E⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Tail Gunner | Christian, Arthur Dean⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Ruschival, Adam Charles⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Wagner, Robert Wiliam⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
| SORTIE-RELATED DOCUMENTS: | |
| TYPE | IDENTIFICATION |
| Photo | 1944-09-10,Wing Lead, Calhoun, R. Keate |