02 MARCH 1944 · THURSDAY
Mission 244.Frankfurt Am Main.
Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
Intended Target
Frankfurt Am Main
Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
Actual Target
Frankfurt Am Main
As briefed
Operating Group
93rd BG
2BD
Aircraft Effective
36 / 154
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
98
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
1
Ships Lost
16
Men Lost
The formation.
22 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
PUnknown Howard H. Kleiner
CP2Lt John F. Fitzpatrick
N2Lt James Wright
B2Lt John Y. Gennaway
E-TTS/Sgt James Kennedy
ROUnknown Calvin Davidson
BTGS/Sgt Joseph B. James
WGS/Sgt Delmar J. Davis
WGS/Sgt Joseph J. Notta
TGS/Sgt Tommy Y. Hernandez
Ship number followed by '?' in source; squadron letter Y and trailing '?' may indicate uncertainty in original document.
Sources.
§ Provenance
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published