On March 6, 1944, the 100th Bomb Group lost 15 B-17s and 150 soldiers during a bombing mission over Berlin.Their next attack, coordinated by a squadron of P-51 Mustangs, was more successful.Lieutenant Rosenthal completed 25 missions but declined the opportunity to return home.In Luft 3 prisoner of war camp, Major Craven and other prisoners of war built a crystal radio to track the status of the war.In March 1944, a group of prisoners of war tried to escape.