The 100th Bomb Group suffered heavy casualties during the Bremen mission and returned to base.Lieutenant Crosby succeeded Lieutenant Payne as group navigator and was promoted to captain.Just a few days after the Bremen mission, Major Egan led the 100th Bomb Group to conduct another bombing mission.The mission of the 100th Bomb Group ended in complete failure, with all but one B-17 bomber piloted by Lieutenant Rosenthal being shot down.Major Egan parachutes out of a crashing plane and lands in the German countryside in Westphalia.