Delivered Cheyenne 28/5/43; Kearney 9/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-W] Thorpe Abbotts 25/6/43; on mission 15/8/43 to ? with Edgar Woodward, Bombardier: Rob Dibble was KIA (Killed in Action).

The original plane for the Woodward Crew was "Poontang", as shown in this picture. While stateside for the passing of their bombardier Robert E. Dibble who was KIA on 8/15/1943, "Poontang" was taken out by the Biddick/Flesh crew due to reports of mechanical issues with "Escape Kit" and did not return on 8/17/1943. It was documented that Biddick took "Escape Kit" on 8/17/1943. Woodward's crew then took "Escape Kit" on the Sept 6, 1943 Stuttgart Mission No. 91 in which they experienced engine failure as described by S/Sgt Donald H. Fletcher below: 

During the September 6, 1943 Mission to Stuttgart, the Woodward Crew (#33) flying "Escape Kit" had engine problems and the crew was forced to bail. Per a letter from Donald H. Fletcher (RWG) on January 25, 1984, "...on the way into the target, an oil leak in #2 engine. Woodward could then have aborted, but decided to press on. Somewhere near the IP oil pressure went to zero and prop would not feather - cylinder head temp. went sky high. If engine seized and prop came off it could have been disastrous to ship. It was decided to head south for Switzerland. When they believed themselves over Switzerland, the crew bailed. It turned out that only Woodward, who remained with aircraft until the crew had successfully bailed out, landed in Switzerland, the others in Germany." 

Mission No. 91 Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Capt Edgar Woodward (INT); Co-pilot: John Thompson, Navigator: Emanuel Cassimatis, Bombardier: Paul Englert, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Frank Danella, Radio Operator: Melvin Gaide, Ball turret gunner: George Janos, Waist gunner: Don Fletcher, Waist gunner: Charles Griffin, Tail gunner: William Brooks 

(9 POW, captured when all landed in Germany instead of Switzerland)

Missing Air Crew Report 688. THE POONTANG.