Carl B. Yerian, Mission April 23, 1944

On April 23 the target was Schwechat, Austria. Thirty six of the forty planes which were launched made it over the target.

We were attacked by 10 ME-109s and heavy anti aircraft fire. One B-24 was lost over the target and our plane received a direct hit in the bomb bay which severed a gas line which was used for transferring fuel between tanks. Raw aviation fuel accumulated in the bomb bay and when the doors were opened to release the fuel it blew into the cockpit. Any spark would have caused an explosion and the temperature at 20000 feet over the Alps was minus 60 degrees F. Our flight engineer worked in the open bomb bay to -repair the damage while a Colonel, who was flying with us as an observer, kept filling small oxygen bottles for him. Working with gasoline in those temperatures caused severe damage to his hands. We returned safely due to his heroic efforts and both he and the Colonel received the Silver Star Medal.

376 ARCHIVES

The website 376bg.org is NOT our site nor is it our endowment fund.

At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.

Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.

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My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019


Reunion

NOTE change in month !!!

DATES: Oct 26-29, 2023

CITY:Tucson, AZ

HOTEL: Double Tree Suites Airport hotel

7051 South Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85756

520-225-0800


Click here to read about the reunion details.

previous reunions


For Sale

The Other Doolittle Raid


The Broken Wings of Zlatibor


The Liberandos


Three Crawford Brothers


Liberando: Reflections of a Reluctant Warrior


376th Bomb Group Mission History


The Last Liberator


Full Circle


Shadows of Wings


Ten Men, A "Flying Boxcar," and A War


I Survived Ploesti


A Measure of Life


Shot Down In Yugoslavia


Stories of My Life


Attack


Born in Battle


Bombardier's Diary


Lost Airmen


Langdon Liberando