Paul returned to the US and stayed in the reserve until he was called up to active duty as a Nav/Bomb in a B-29 of the 307th BG/370th BS during the Korean war. He stayed on active duty until 1957.  In 1958 he went back on active duty as an enlisted man until 1959 when he returned to his officer status in the Reserve.  He retired n 1961 as a Major of the USAFR.

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On 6 September 1943, Lt. Paul L. Englert whose crew (#30) had gone down on the Regensburg mission was flying with the Woodward crew as bombardier and is listed as a POW.  Original records do not reveal exactly what happened to this crew and their plane but the following eyewitness reports are found in the Missing Aircrew Report:

1LT Walter U. Moreno: Saw Woodward's ship going down at 4830 N 0803 E at 0929. #2 engine was windmilling. Everything else seemed to be OK.

1LT John D. Brady: Saw Capt. Woodward's A/C turn out of formation under control and headed for Switzerland. Nothing seemed wrong with A/C.

MAJ. Gale W. Clevin: A/C #402 at 0930 approximately 2 miles north of Strasbourg salvoed bombs into woods. Headed south and went under cloud deck. All engines turning over. No E/A or AA at this time.

Post war statement:

A letter from D. H. Fletcher of January 25, 1984, states that on the way into the target, an oil leak in #2 engine. Woodward could then have aborted, but decided to press on. Somewhere near the IP oil pressure went to zero and prop would not feather - cylinder head temp. went sky high. If engine seized and prop came off it could have been disastrous to ship. It was decided to head south for Switzerland. When they believed themselves over Switzerland, the crew bailed.  It turned out that only Woodward, who remained with aircraft until the crew had successfully bailed out, landed in Switzerland, the others in Germany.
 

Crew: #33 418th BS
Mission: Stuttgart

A/C: #42-30402 (POONTANG)
Date: 6 Sept. 1943
Time: 0930