384th 2025 REUNION
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Mission # 74

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 9 March 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Operations description not yet available.
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 74, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 253
Secondary Target Attacked With PFF
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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
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 1
Scrubbed - 2
Aborted - 2
Failed To Return - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents 1944-03-09, Group Lead, A. Nuttall, R. Jacobs⇗

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: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑30026.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑30026⇗Goller, Theodore (NMI)⇗Completed MissionGround 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 MissionLow Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31346⇗Robinson, Robert Lawrence⇗Completed MissionGroup deputy.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31364⇗Jacobs, Randolph George Edward⇗Completed MissionGroup lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31375⇗Miller, James Gilmore⇗Completed Mission SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31435⇗West, George Berry⇗Spare, Completed MissionFlying spare; joined formation.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗Langlois, Robert Ezra⇗Completed MissionHigh 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 ReturnLost 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 Mission After Taking Off.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 Mission After Taking Off.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 Everett⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗[N/A]Scrubbed: Did Not Take OffReplaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑37484.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97477⇗Yelvington, Melton Albert⇗Completed MissionHigh Squadron lead.
SORTIE REPORT ⇗