Added an association to the A/C #42-7542 listed in the "Summary biography".

Removed extra info in the "Role/job" field.

Revised from historical records. Black Widow had to abort mission and leave formation, so it never made it to the marshaling yards at Frankfurt.

Information from multiple sources including Jansen's History of the 446th Bomb Group. From family history, "Boots" was trained as a navigator. He preferred to retain his enlisted rank during his career, rather than being commissioned. On the 4 Jan 44 shoot down of the Black Widow, records, including the French website (http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2968), indicates that he was ball turret gunner on that particular aircraft. Jansen's account indicates likewise, and also confirms my assumption that the Black Widow had some other crew members provisionally assigned to it, including copilot, Lt. Winton.

Correction of rank after further research verified that he was SSgt.

Edited Biography for grammar and syntax.

Edited and corrected biography to deconflict information regarding Sad Sack (the aircraft that FA Stewart was navigator for most of his career) and Black Widow (the aircraft in which former crew of Sad Sack was shot down).

Editorial revision for clarity.

Edited biography to indicate that the aircraft shot down was probably the Black Widow based on report that Sad Sack was damaged approximately one week before the mission.

Further clarification to acknowledge that both sources could be correct: it is possible that Sad Sack crew was reassigned to Black Widow prior to 4 Feb 44 mission.

There are some records which seem to indicate it was Sad Sack that was shot down on the 4 Feb 44 Mission (the same photograph is referred to as "Black Widow" on 446BG website, but as "Sad Sack" on the BestwebB24 website. The MACR lists the subject aircraft as "Black Widow" with correct tail number.

correction of aircraft designation

Additional editorial "word-smithing" to Biography.

Editorial changes to Bio.

Additional biographical material.

Editorial change to remove typo in biography.

Editorial changes from biographical information on my uncle, "Boots" Stewart, previously entered.

Boots was my uncle, and I am very familiar with his service as a crew member of Sad Sack. He told me and my father, Herman Stewart, detailed accounts of his missions, including encounters with Me-262s and JU-88s, and foremost of all, his captivity as a POW in Germany.

Previous stated: My uncle was navigator on the Sad Sack, whose crew is photographically documented. He was not assigned to an aircraft nicknamed Black Widow.

This information is documented by numerous photos of Sad Sack shown to me by my uncle, FA Stewart, who was navigator on the aircraft. I have seen a photo of the plane online which is misidentified as Black Widow, even though Sad Sack nose art is clearly visible. The crew is sitting or standing on top of the plane, and my uncle is clearly identified in the picture. It seems that the archival records have put the Sad Sack crew "on the wrong plane."

My uncle, Francis "Boots" Stewart, is incorrectly listed as a crew member on the "Black Widow" when in reality it was the "Sad Sack"(41-29147). Also, it seems that Garber, Adams, Carmody, and others listed as "Black Widow" crew were also on "Sad Sack." His crew position was also listed incorrectly as ball turret gunner. His crew training was as an enlisted navigator. I knew "Boots" very well, and he showed me a collection of pictures taken of the Sad Sack. Unfortunately, this confounding of the two aircraft has been perpetuated. I recently saw a photo identical to a copy he had framed in his home, that accurately identified the crew members, but erroneously named the aircraft the Black Widow, despite the clear visibility of the Sad Sack character on the side of the aircraft. We need to "un-confound" these two aircraft and their crews. Also, you report that one crew (Carmody?) was KIA in SadSack but the Tail Number is erroneous: it is listed as "42-29147" which is actually a P-47. As previously stated, it is 41-29147. As stated, it looks like all the information presented for "Black Widow" including most of crew, actually applies to "Sad Sack."

Added the ending date for the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.

Added a connection to the 8th AF and a connection to the 8th AF mission for 4 Feb 1944.

Dr. F. A. 'Boots' Stewart, MD was my uncle. He was married to the middle of my father's three (3) older sister, Ruth McBride Stewart.

Corrected a typo in the description.

Enlistment records for WW II; Find-A-Grave memorial # 27427419; National Archives- World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2248 / MACR 2248, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 50 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database