Otto P Wood | American Air Museum

Otto P Wood

Military

Control tower at Chelveston and St. Tronds, Belgium (Casey Jones Project)

ATO/ ETO/ WW II VM/ 2 Unit Citations

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

82nd Service Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force

Headquarters (305th Bomb Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Bloomington, Illinois	19 November 1919

Revisions

Date11 May 2023 20:31:42

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Updated his status from "Civilian" to "Military" since he has a Military S/N.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:58

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx