Experiences = On May 27th, 1944 the crew of the B-17 42-31594 departed Glatton, England for a bombing run on Ludwigshafen, Germany. Enroute to the target they encountered heavy enemy fire from ME-109's. Part of the right wing was shot off and the #3 engine caught fire. The plane went into a spiral and did not recover. There were two casualties; Pilot Artie Whitlow parachuted out but his chute was damaged due to flak or enemy fire and did not open. The top turret gunner Paul Isker was killed in the turret due to enemy fire. Of the seven other crewmen that parachuted out six were captured and spent the remainder of the war in a Prisoner of War (POW) camp. One of the men managed to escape and eluded the enemy. That was my uncle, Roe Stanley Woodis. He hid from the enemy with help from the French underground and made his way to Switzerland and eventually back to England. S