Bradford D Wofford Jr
MilitaryShot down 15 August 1944 in B-24 #4250442. Prisoner of War (POW). See Lt Eadmer W. Pease's page.
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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: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33548652
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14118841 and O-816256
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34095885
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18000504
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694932
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gainesville, Georgia | 22 January 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States | 22 January 1942 | |
Other Prisoner of War |
Ruiselede, Belgium | 15 August 1944 - 12 June 1945 | Landed in Ruiselede Belgium and was immediately arrested by German guards from the locality. Interned At Stalag Luft 36 in Sagan, Poland. See also Lt Eadmer W. Pease's page. |
Died |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Combined three entries into a single entry. This record includes information from the following sources:
MACR 7918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Helton's Hellcats 493rd BG(H) Debach at : http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7918
Social Security Death Index
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7918