351ST SQDN. . CREW JOINED THE 100TH ON 17 MAR 1944

This Crew was the Second Crew to fly missions in Piccadilly Lilly II.

Lt Dittbenner was taken off the crew to become a Lead Bombardier after flying an undetermined amount of missions. He became a POW with the R. J. Schomp Crew on 29 Jul 44. Lt Herbert R. Greenberg replaced him on the Crew. Greenberg (shot down with Lt. L. G. Lacy Crew 28 May 44) from Lt Richard H. Helmick's Crew. Replaced on the Crew by 2nd Lt Fred "Fearless Freddie" Chapin. Lt Chapin went onto become a Lead Bombardier. According to Lt Zapf, Lt Chapin was given a choice in the States "Court Martial or Combat"? Seems that Lt Chapin was an instructor in the States and the reason he was being court marshaled was because he refused to be transferred to Instructor duty again, this was not a hard choice for him to make.

After completion of our tours, Lt Vaughn (who had only completed 30 missions at this time due too illness) and myself signed up for another 35 missions. We were shipped back too the States for a Month of R&R before being reassigned back to the ETO. By the time I returned (Lt Vaughn stayed Stateside), Paris had been liberated and instead of being sent back to Thorpe Abbotts for combat duty, I was reassigned to Paris to ferry high ranking officers around the continent and too England. I was joined in this endeavor by Lt Glen Rake and Lt Carroll Woldt whom had both just completed their tour of duty (ironic is the fact that all three pilots completed their tours over Munich (Zapf and Rake on 12 Jul 44 and Woldt on 11 Jul 44. . . mpf). Glen procured a P-51 Mustang for his own personal use while in Paris (claims to have flown it under the Eiffel Tower. . . mpf)

A/C PICCADILLY LILLY II

It also lists 2nd Lt. Fred Chapin and a fellow only mentioned as Greenberg, both being Bombardiers.