Photo Courtesy of Edward Reilly, TG, P-7

Replacement P-11 & P-7's
Confirmed "Meatballs"

Originally B-29 # 44-69810 was assigned to Crew 7

Movement orders dated: 16 March 1945 show that 44-69810 first was assigned to P-7 "Old P-7"

Photo source: Courtesy of Ed Reilly, TG, Crew 7
Movement Orders source: Elmo Huston, FE, Crew 7

In letter from Ed Reilly regarding this photo the meatball under his reads the name Lt. S. Pritt* probably a bombardier, the next one reads S/Sgt Paroli (guess). The 4th is unreadable.
* According to Replacement P-11s roster there is a Soloman Pritt listed as Bombardier. However there are some unnamed members of this crew.

Update: 12 April 2001

After receiving the last names of Replacement Crew P-11, and matching those names against General Orders # 25 - Battle Participation Award (Bronze Battle Star)- which lists over 500 names from veterans of the 60th Bomb Squadron, 39th Bomb Group, and enlarging the above image as large as possible, it has been determined that the names listed on the 4 meatballs are as follows:

Sgt Edward T. Reilly, TG, P-7 - Top Meatball in Column of 3
2nd Lt. Soloman Pritt - Bombardier, P-11 - Middle Meatball
S/Sgt Joseph Paruti, RG, P-11 - Bottom Meatball in Column
Sgt. John Bowman, LG, P-11- to the left of Paruti's meatball

Update Sources:
Replacement P-11, Crew Roster: Dan Rich, nephew of Vicenzo Ricci, Radar, P-11
General Orders # 25: Elmo Huston, FE, P-7