02 MARCH 1944 · THURSDAY · STATION 104Missing in Action
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
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
36 / 154
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
98
tons
The cost.
§ Outcome
1
Ships Lost
16
Men Lost
The route.
§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
114° T
Bearing In
300° T
The formation.
26 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
B-24 Liberator serial 42-100320, assigned to the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, based at Hardwick. The aircraft was not reported missing; only one crew member, the navigator, bailed out. On 2 March 1944, on the return course from a mission against Frankfurt, at position 4955N 0530E, 2nd Lt. Andrew J. Logan bailed out during a heavy flak barrage. The specific reason for his action was not known. The aircraft and remaining crew were not reported missing.
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