Changes on the Crew:

.-S/Sgt John A. Pontzious-BTG on the Lt Shaddix Crew was LWA (lightly wounded in action)  on 7/5/44 BERLIN while flying with crew of. R.W. Wright. He flew with Lt Woodall Crew for 6 missions.

-S/Sgt Carl K. Platkin replaced S/Sgt John A. Pontzious at BTG after six missions.   Platkin came to the 100th BG as a replacement gunner.

-S/Sgt Byron Greene was original TG, flew two missions with above crew, made TOG, and bailed out over UK with the Trapnell crew (17 Jul 44 see below)…XFERED to 301st Gp/ 15th Air Force at Foggia, Italy, where he completed 36 missions. He finished his tour Apr 15th,1945- Northern Italy.

-Lt Maier became CP on Lt Luther G. Bennett's Crew on July 17, 1944 and completed his tour with that Crew.

-Lt Charles Baker from Lt L.G. Bennett's crew became the CP on Lt H.W. Woodall Crew

-Byron Greene was replaced on the crew by Sgt Gordon D. Henderson, from spare gunners pool.

 Crew makeup after changes 

 Some Missions of Lt H.W. Woodall Crew:

 Letter confirming crew bailout of a portion of this crew:
(Letter courtesy of James Heyneman – May, 2003)

349TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H) ARMY AIR FORCES
Office of the Operations Officer
APO 569

4 August 1944

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

On 17 July 1944 at 0925 hours the following Combat Crew, assigned to this organization, parachuted from an abandoned B-17G somewhere over England. Aircraft was abandoned account of fire.

FRED W. CRAFT JR
1st Lt.. Air Corps.
Asst Ops Officer.