Mission # 74

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	9 March 1944
384^th Mission	Mission Number 74 Next Mission Previous Mission
8^th Air Force Mission	Mission Number 253
Mission Comments	Secondary Target Attacked With PFF The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the low group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. The primary target was hidden by dense clouds, so the secondary was attacked using PFF (RADAR) aiming.
Primary Target	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany
Target Attacked (Mode)	Secondary (PFF) Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Berlin, Germany
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 17 Failed To Return - 1 Aborted - 2 Scrubbed - 2 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

26 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3440⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30026. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗	Goller, Theodore (NMI)	Completed Mission	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑3440. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31048⇗	Laboda, Joseph Stanley	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31166⇗	Heffley, Farris Ormond	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31211⇗	MacPhail, Philip Ray	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31346⇗	Robinson, Robert Lawrence	Completed Mission	Group deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31364⇗	Jacobs, Randolph George Edward	Completed Mission	Group lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31375⇗	Miller, James Gilmore	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31435⇗	West, George Berry	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	Flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	Langlois, Robert Ezra	Completed Mission	High Squadron deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31495⇗	Knapp, Paul Bernard	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31740⇗	Decker, Charles Edgar	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31871⇗	Fioretti, Edward Anthony	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31926⇗	Lovell, James MacNaughton	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37776⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37781⇗	Reed, Merlin Howard	Failed to Return	Lost after bombs away when bombs from high group (379BG) hit this aircraft, knocking tail completely off in front of stabilizer; aircraft dived straight down into a spin with all four engines going; no chutes observed. MACR 3005 SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗	Allison, Earl Thomas	Aborted	Turned back at 1028 hrs because #3 oil temperature was 115 degrees and oil pressure was at 55 lbs at 16,000ft, with condition getting worse. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37848⇗	Horton, Lloyd (NMI)	Aborted	Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97449. Turned back at 1102 hrs because #7 cylinder blew off of #2 engine and had to be feathered. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	Yokie, John Olivi	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38014⇗	Corcoran, John Joseph	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38112⇗	Hines, James Wesley	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38158⇗	Stier, George Withers	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑38208⇗	Pryor, Raymond Thomas	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Foster, James E	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	[N/A]	Scrubbed	Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37484. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97477⇗	Yelvington, Melton Albert	Completed Mission	High Squadron lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗