Woodrow W Sooman
Military
Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.
Object Number - UPL 14965 - 7 November 1943 - Lt. Woodrow W. Sooman's P-47 Thunderbolt 'Lollapoluza', VF-D, Serial No. 41-6192.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed West of Remagen/Rhine after aborting an escort and support mission to Southern Germany due to a glycol leak on 18 Mar 1944 in P-51B 43-6936. POW. MACR 3382.
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory.
Post war: Retired as a Major from USAF.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington, USA | 25 January 1920 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 18 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Other Crash landed |
53424 Remagen, Germany | 18 March 1944 | Crashed West of Remagen/Rhine after aborting an escort and support mission to Southern Germany due to a glycol leak on 18 Mar 1944 in P-51B 43-6936. POW. MACR 3382. |
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Died |
Washington, USA | 23 August 1979 | |
| Republic, Washington, USA | |||
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Buried |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3382 / MACR 3382, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
