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Mission Details for Berlin (#74)
Briefing
Details
Number:
74
Date:
5/24/1944 12:00:00 AM
Commander:
Capt. S.C. Dailey
Crews Briefed:
21
Details:
City center
Flying Control
Runway:
5
Engines:
0630
Taxi:
0645
Take Off:
0700
E.T.R.:
1458
Notes:
Briefing took place at 0400 hours. All 21 operational aircraft were off by 0730. Four aircraft returned early, two with mechnical problems and one with sick airmen aboard. All operational aircraft but one had returned by 1548 hours.
Debriefing
Aircraft:
21
Lost Over Continent:
1
Lost Other:
0
Summary:
On this mission to "Big B", the 401st flew the Low Box of the 94th Combat Wing. While the briefed target was an enemy aircraft facility, 5/10 cloud undercast dictated bombing by PFF (radar) on the center of the city. Breaks in the clouds enabled the crews to observe fires started in the area surrounding the Air Ministry and the Freiderichstrasse railway station.
No enemy aircraft were encountered, although three or four were observed at a distance, kept at bay by American fighter escorts. Flak was encountered at several places en route, and over Berlin flak barrages were intense. The Eighth Air Force lost a total of 33 bombers in the attack, and 257 received battle damages. One of the B-17's shot down was a 401st ship, that was piloted by Lt. John S. Whiteman (42-31619), on its first mission.
Mission Assignments
Squadron
Participants
Crew
Aircraft
Capt James F. Goodman Crew #1
42-32012 Shark Tooth
Capt Benjamin H. Johnson Jr. Crew #1
42-102393 Diana Queen of the Chase
2nd Lt William E. Massey Crew #1
42-40050 Channel Express III
Capt Richard D. McCord Crew #1
42-39837 Red's Rogues
1st Lt John W. Myretetus Crew #1
42-31496 Salvo Sadie
1st Lt George E. West Crew #1
42-102398 Dynamite John
No Assignments were found.
1st Lt Robert L. Fisette Crew #1
(Unknown)
1st Lt John F. Lipka Crew #1
(Unknown)
Capt James F. Risher Crew #1
42-97322 Mister Completely
1st Lt Fred M. Taylor Crew #1
(Unknown)
1st Lt Robert P. Walsh Crew #1
(Unknown)
Capt Clyde A. Lewis Crew #1
(Unknown)
Capt Clinton J. Parr Crew #1
42-37843 Dry Run
1st Lt Edwin A. Post Crew #1
(Unknown)
2nd Lt John S. Whiteman Crew #1
42-31619 That Sweet Thing