http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169778.I_Could_Never_Be_So_Lucky_Again
One of the muck-ups that probably got several killed was as they trained at Eglin they worked on the carburetors to make them lean to get extended range, so when the aircraft were sent to the Hornet they were ready for the mission. Unfortunately the Navy brought all the aircraft back to spec losing that extended range.
Scott’s book covered that but pointed out that they caught that mistake and were able to fix a number of them. I believe there was one plane that got loaded on the carrier that was supposed to be launched out at sea and fly back and not be in the raid. The Pilot and crew wanted to to go so bad that they went and their plane may not have been retrofitted on the engines.