Hello Steve,
Do you happen to have the Coordinates the 218 Squadron flew to?
Possibly they were related to the mission of the previous day:
http://www.8thafhs.org/combat1943.htm
FRIDAY, 21 MAY 1943
(Eighth Air Force) VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 60: 98 B-17's are dispatched against the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany; 77 hit the target at 1244-1245 hours local; we claim 47-5-17 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 7 B-17's with another 24 damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 9 WIA and 60 MIA. A second, smaller strike of 63 B-17's is dispatched against the U-boat yards at Emden, Germany; 46 bomb the target at 1244-1246 hours local; we claim 31-6-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 5 B-17's with 2 others damaged beyond repair and 9 others damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 5 WIA and 50 MIA. At Wilhelmshaven German fighters are reported firing rockets.
VIII Fighter Command Field Order Number 105: 105 P-47's are dispatched on a fighter sweep in the Ostend/Ghent area; they claim 0-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 3 and all pilots are listed as MIA.
HQ 379th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Kimbolton, England from the US
NOW perhaps someone do have the MACR and we can start digging out the crews and fates.
Yours
Adriano B.