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
P2Lt Charles S. Young
CP2Lt John L. Avery
N2Lt Don K. Bell
B1Lt Francis J. Saraceni
E-TTT/Sgt Russell R. Rentzel
ROT/Sgt Joseph T. Labesky
BTGS/Sgt Granville E. Meache
WGS/Sgt James Chittenden
WGS/Sgt Samuel Conroy
TGS/Sgt Lester Drinkwine
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