Unidentified ship.Over Frankfurt, Germany.

2nd Lt. Charles W. Mankin Jr. (O-798147) was the pilot of the B-24 lost on 2 March 1944 during the Frankfurt mission. He did not survive the loss of his aircraft. He had completed 5 missions, including flights to Gotha (February 20, 22, and 24, 1944) and Frankfurt (2 March 1944). Crew accounts differ on the exact circumstances of his death. One account states he ordered the crew to bail out and was seen getting out of the cockpit but did not pull his ripcord. Another states he was found dead at Amiens, France, with German soldiers reporting he attempted to jump too near the ground and his parachute did not open. A third account from German intelligence at Dulag Luft claimed he was still in the aircraft when it crashed, though surviving crew members doubted this. His body was reportedly badly burned and was brought to navigator F/O Robert L. Burke at Amiens, France. German sources indicated he was buried near a fighter base and military post outside Amiens.

F/O Robert L. Burke (T-122785) served as navigator aboard the aircraft. He bailed out through the nose wheel hatch on 2 March 1944, exiting second after the bombardier. He was taken prisoner of war. Burke reported that the aircraft entered enemy territory near Ev, France, and that 8 other crew members also bailed out. He confirmed the pilot, 2nd Lt. Mankin, was in the aircraft when it struck the ground near Doullens, France. Burke was brought the pilot's body at Amiens, France. The squadron CO was identified as J. Taylor, Major, and the group CO as Col. Fiegle.

Sgt. Roy W. Carpenter served as bombardier. He bailed out first through the nose wheel hatch and successfully evaded capture after the aircraft was lost on 2 March 1944.

T/Sgt. Anthony J. Paladino served as flight engineer. He bailed out together with the co-pilot and radio operator and successfully evaded capture. His name appears in the German prisoner-of-war document as "Palladena."

S/Sgt. Oscar M. Wagelie (39197452) served as ball turret gunner. He bailed out third through the camera hatch and was taken prisoner of war. He completed a casualty questionnaire stating the aircraft went down on 2 March 1944 during a mission to Frankfurt, Germany, and that he was over Amiens, France, when he left the formation. Wagelie reported the aircraft was flying at 24,000 feet with a target time of approximately 1400 hours, routing over Paris on the outbound leg and Ruby on the return. He believed the whole crew of 10 men bailed out and that no crew members remained in the aircraft when it struck the ground.

S/Sgt. Henry G. Karpf (12129010) served as nose turret gunner. He bailed out third through the nose wheel hatch and was taken prisoner of war. He reported leaving the formation near Abbeville, France. Karpf completed a casualty questionnaire in which he noted that the evaders from the crew included Lt. Heinke, Lt. Roy Carpenter, T/Sgt. Robert Kujawitz, and T/Sgt. Anthony Paladino. The prisoners included himself, S/Sgt. Michael Shiwarski, F/O Robert Burke, S/Sgt. Oscar Wagelie, and S/Sgt. Arthur Crocker. He also reported that Lt. Heinke was later killed at Tyndall Field, Florida, in August 1945.

S/Sgt. Michael Shiwarski (33260932) served as tail gunner in the 409th Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. He bailed out through the camera hatch, first in sequence among the three gunners, and was taken prisoner of war. After the war, Shiwarski completed a casualty questionnaire and reported meeting other crew members in the POW camp. He reported that after the interphone was shot out he had no further contact with the pilot. His nose gunner told him in POW camp that the pilot went down with the plane. His name appears in documents variously as Shiwarski, Shimarski, Schiworski, and Schwartzki.