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DT | 41-28666 | 8 | 445 | 703 | RN | M | 00-2 |
ROLAND WOODS |
Lost 18 Mar 44, GER - MACR 3334 - Pilot Gordon B. Parker
Contributor - Ron
Woods
Shown with my Father, Roland "Woody" Woods (Waist Gunner - standing far right) with Crew 71. 24 Feb 44
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Crew 71: Just landed from Gotha Mission. 25 Planes took off 13 Shot down.
Twenty six German planes shot down. Target destroyed (factory manufacturing Messerschmitt
109 fighters).
Presidential Unit Citation awarded to 445h Bomb Group for this action.
| Standing (L-R) Pilot - Lt. Ralph Stimmel Co-Pilot - Lt. Milton Souza Eng/Top Turret Gunner - Sgt. Clarence Joyce Bombardier - Lt. Hugh Francis Navigator - Lt. Horace Turell Radio Operator - Sgt. Clifford Skicklig Waist Gunner - Sgt. Roland "Woody" Woods |
Kneeling (L-R) Tail Gunner - Sgt. William Adair Waist Gunner - Sgt. Billie McClellen Ground Crew Chief - Sgt. Van Pelt Ball Turret Gunner - Sgt. Raymond Davis |
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Previously assigned to 458th BG as one of that Group's original aircraft
flown to England via the southern route and was one of the dozen or so ships
transferred as replacement aircraft to other Groups soon after arrival.
Shot down 18 Mar 44 mission to Friedrichshafen and crashed 2km NW of
Saint-Lucien, 3km S of La Chapelle-Saint-Ouen and about 24km ENE of Rouen,
France.
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