Us Official Photographs

B-24's over Frankfort

Bombs fron Consolidated B-24's drop on Frankfort on the Main during one of the several heavy poundings to shake this important German industrial & transportation center early in Feb. In this attack, 800 heavy bombers, accompanied by 100's of fighters, dumped 1,800 tons of bombs on the target, on AAF record to that date. We lost 31 bombers & 13 of our fighters were missing; 103 enemy planes were shot down during the attack. (389th Bomb. Grp)