Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt Winans C.Shaddix                 P EVADEE      27/4/44 TARGET WAS THIONVILLE, AF & LeCULOT., AF

2nd Lt George T.Sullivan                CP POW 27/4/44   TAPS: 1947    MACR #4268,Microfiche#1517

2nd Lt Harry Tennenbaum              N CPT  14/1/45 DERBEN

2nd Lt Cole M.Dailey                      B POW  27/4/44

S/Sgt James H.Lee                        E POW  27/4/44   TAPS: 8 APR 1963

 S/Sgt Frederick H.Erb                   R POW  27/4/44  

 Sgt John A.Pontzious                  BT LWA   7/5/44  BERLIN  (With crew of.R.W.Wright)

 Sgt William F.Cornelius                 RW POW  27/4/44  TAPS 18 MAY 1980

Sgt Hugh Hamilton                       TG POW  27/4/44,.



349th Sqdn. Crew,as above,joined the 100th Group on 9/3/44.



On 27/4/44 T/Sgt Raymond C.Lestico uas aboard as NG;S/Sgt John B.Cortelletty replaced John Pontzious as BT 

and S/Sgt Kenneth Y.Hale flew as ~ WG. All three became POWs.



Lt Tennerbaum was flying with J.T.Dyatt on 7/11/44 when Dyatt crashed at Felixstowe but survived.



Most unusual is the fact that Winans Shaddix Evaded capture,returned to England and was sent back to the 

U.S.A. HOWEVER, he returned to Thorpe Abbotts in April 1945 with a NEW CREW and was assigned to the 351st 

Sqdn.  SEE below



SECOND SHADDIX CREW, JOINED THE 100TH ON 6 APR 1945



Major  Winans C.Shaddix   P      FEH   

2nd Lt Ralph H.Geer       CP     FEH

2nd Lt Edward O.Watts  NAV  FEH

T/SGt Paul L.Spears       TTE   FEH

  Sgt John W. Donovan   NG    FEH

  Sgt William G. Curtis     ROG   FEH

  Sgt William E.Bain        BTG   FEH

  Sgt John R.Carr            WG  FEH

  Cpl Edward J.D'Arcy      TG   FEH



351st Sqdn.  Crew joined the 100th Group on 6/4/45. NOTE: Shaddix had flown with the 100th in 1944 as Pilot of 

his crew,was shot down and evaded capture,returned to England thence the U.S.A. and back to the 100th again

 According to William Curtis son, the crew flew in a B-17G named "Shoot Your Fadded" with 351st Sq.That flew in late 1945.



231767  EP-E   11 April 45  SHADDIX  A Sqdn  767 E     "OUR GAL SAL"   Hardstand 5



238047   EP-O   19 April 45  SHADDIX  A Sqdn  047 O    "Fever Beaver"  Hardstand 12



238047  EP-O    4 May 45     SHADDIX   B Sqdn  047 0   "Fever Beaver"    Hardstand  #12



238047  EP-0    5 May 45    SHADDIX   B Sqdn  047 0    "Fever Beaver"    Hardstand # 12

                      

                      19 May 45    SHADDIX   B Sqdn  430 F                             Hardstand #13



44-8849 EP-J    3 June 45   SHADDIX   B Sqdn  849 J                                  Hardstand 7



44-8784 EP-M  12 June 45  SHADDIX *'TIBENHAM' 784 M                             Hardstand 5



Note..* Casablanca Ferry Mission..No Sqdn used

SGT  EDWARD JOSEPH D'ARCY,



MARCH 19, 1926----SEPTEMBER 11, 2019   93 Years 



 Second SHADDIX Crew member Tail Gunner  ,351st BS, Arrived at TA on 6 April, 1945  Great Long Life, Large Family ...RIP   God Bless 



Obituary

Edward Joseph D'Arcy

D'ARCY, EDWARD JOSEPH





He was often described by his loved ones as living as though he never had a bad day in his life, lived fully and passed peacefully at the age of 93. Ed had the innate ability to make every person he came in contact with feel uniquely special, a trait very much appreciated by his large, devoted family. He often talked about how he fell in love at first sight with his wife Eileen, and that love remained constant throughout their 66 year marriage. Proud father to Brian, Mary Jo, Eileen, Tom, Kevin, Jane and Sheila, he was adored by his children, their spouses Pam, Joe, Joan, Dawn and Marc and his seventeen grandchildren. Ed was born March 19, 1926 in Providence, RI, and grew up in the Fruit Hill neighborhood of North Providence. On his 18th birthday he graduated from North Providence High School early to enlist in the Army Air Corps where he was a tail gunner on a B17 for the 100th Bomb Group during WWII. He raised his family in Cranston, RI and Reading, MA, and spent summers in the house he built in Green Hill, RI. Ed worked his entire 36 year career for New England Telephone and retired to Fort Myers, Florida with Eileen, where he finally had time to work on his golf game to varying degrees of success. Quick to laugh, slow to anger, Ed was known for being a jokester and always laughed first and loudest at his own jokes. Proud of his Irish heritage, Ed loved all things Ireland, and could often be heard singing his favorite Irish songs to his grandchildren who loved being around their loving, silly, funny Da. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated on Friday, September 13th at 11:30am in St. James Chapel, 2079 Matunuck School House Rd, Charlestown. Burial with military honors will follow in Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter. For guest book and condolences, averystortifuneralhome.com.