Captain Woodward's crew went through a series of personnel changes from almost the beginning of their formation as a crew.  At Gowen Field, Idaho, in early October 1943 all of the men listed above, except for Lt's DeGennaro and Zenas were put together as a crew.  2Lt Fred E. Stone was the original co-pilot, but his place was soon taken by 2Lt Peter A. Zenas.  It is believed that Lt Stone went on to fly in the 44th BG.  2Lt Anthony J. DeGennaro, navigator, was assigned to the crew during October 1943.

The next crew change occurred on January 4, 1944 under tragic circumstances.  Sgt Jerry Weisberg was killed on a training flight (see below) and  Sgt George E. Snyder took his place as engineer.  Sgt Robert H. Dalton was also assigned to the crew to fill the empty slot as tail gunner prior to the crew departing for the ETO.  The crew arrived a little later than most due to their training accident and they flew their first mission on March 15, 1944 to Brunswick, Germany.  The majority of Crew 41's missions were flown as group lead or deputy lead.

Records are not clear, but it appears that most of the crew completed their missions in July or August 1944.  Two exceptions were Sgt John Picoulas and Sgt Raymond O. Peters.  According to co-pilot, Pete Zenas, shortly after experiencing combat, Picoulas became reluctant to enter the ball turret on subsequent missions.  He traded with another gunner for a waist gun, but that did not work out either.  Robert Dalton was elected crew spokesman for the gunners and spoke to Zenas about the problem.  Zenas and Picoulas discussed the matter and came to the mutual conclusion that Picoulas be removed from the crew and assigned ground duties.  It is believed that Raymond Peters requested ground duties as well.  Both men were reduced to the grade of Private in May or June 1944.  Peters was assigned to the 60th Station Complement and eventually regained the rank of Private First Class.  Picoulas evidently had additional difficulties on the ground as he was transferred to the 2912th Disciplinary Training Center at Long Ashton on July 3, 1944.  One of the positions vacated by the two gunners was filled by S/Sgt Daniel W. Hayes, a gunner from 2Lt Thayer Hopkins Crew 48.  Hopkins went down on the March 6, 1944 Berlin raid, but Hayes did not fly that day.  The other vacancy was taken by T/Sgt Young (first name unknown).

In September 1944 Captain Woodward became the Assistant Station/Group S3, was promoted to Major and flew several missions as Command Pilot.  In November he was transferred to the 755th Squadron and became their Operations Officer.  Shortly thereafter, in December he was rotated back to the States. On March 11, 1945 Major Woodward returned to the 458th and took over as Squadron Commander of the 755th Squadron.  He replaced Lt Col Donald C. Jamison who had been the 755th's CO since late 1943 in Tonopah. Maj Woodward flew several additional missions as Command Pilot before the war ended.  On August 22, 1945, after what remained of the 458th Bomb Group returned to the States, Major Woodward was appointed the Group Commander.  He was to be the last CO of the 458th before the group was deactivated on September 12, 1945.

Woodward's crew brought a brand new B-24J over from the States.  Serial number 42-100366, they named this ship "Mizpah" and flew 20 missions of their tour in this aircraft.