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Summary:
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The Group's 36 aircraft comprised the 94th Combat Wing "C" formation. While all other Groups dropped high explosives on the Frankfurt marshalling yards, the 401st was given the assignment of dropping "Braddock Bombs"--small incendiary devices which, it was hoped, would be found by foreign workers in Germany and used to commit acts of sabotage. General Eisenhower broadcast a message advising foreign workers of their intended use.
No Luftwaffe fighters appeared, and the 401st escaped any flak damage, although flak over Frankfurt was moderate. The bombs were dropped by PFF (radar).
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