| Name | Merle E WOODSIDE | Rank | 2nd Lt |
| Number | 0-747101 | Date of Birth/Age | 29 Dec 1917 |
| Unit | 96 Bomb Group, 337 Bomb Squadron, USAAF | ||
| Aircraft | B-17F-50-DL
42-3348 AW-G 'Dottie J III' |
Crew position | Navigator |
| Based at | Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, UK | ||
| Target | Schweinfurt, Germany | Failed to return | 14 Oct 1943 |
| Escape Network | Possum
Line Jade/Fitzroy Line |
Escape | MGB
pickup (operation ENVIOUS II B) 1-2 Dec 1943 |
| Arrival home | Falmouth, Cornwall, UK - 2 Dec1943 | References | NARA:E&E/244 Emails from Brigid O'Donnell and photographs |
Last updated on
10 June, 2009
|
E&E/244
Members of crew
| Pilot | 0796619 |
1st Lt Raymond F BYE | NARA:E&E/287 |
| Co-pilot | 0681452 |
2nd Lt John J MALIK | PoW |
| Navigator | 0747101 |
2nd Lt Merle E WOODSIDE | Narrator |
| Bombardier | 0676293 |
2nd Lt William E KIERAN | PoW |
| Radio operator | 33332553 |
T/Sgt Kenneth H NICE | NARA:E&E/772 |
| Top turret gunner | 32461208 |
T/Sgt Gerard J CAPORASO | PoW |
| Ball turret gunner | 31180024 |
S/Sgt Frederick HOLT | PoW |
| Waist gunner | 38124949 |
S/Sgt Charles C GATTMAN | PoW |
| Waist gunner | 33278935 |
S/Sgt Mike OLYNIK | Evading |
| Tail gunner | 15354058 |
S/Sgt Alton BAER, Jr | PoW |
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