Douglas Nowling Woods
Military
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UPL 45410
SSGT Douglas Nowling Woods
Tail Gunner
Othello Smith & John Edelman Crews
388th BG - 561st BS
Tail Gunner
Othello Smith & John Edelman Crews
388th BG - 561st BS
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-770817
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jamaica Ginger
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven's Above
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 March 1945
- Date: 28 March 1945
- Date: 24 March 1945
- Date: 23 March 1945
- Date: 12 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
McCammon, Idaho | 2 November 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Spokane, WA | 21 August 1943 | |
Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
Knettishall Airfield, UK | 16 November 1944 - 30 March 1945 | |
Died |
Eugene, OR | 5 November 2009 | |
Buried |
Eugene, OR | 8 November 2009 | West Lawn Memorial Park Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA |
Hermiston, OR |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html