Bradford D Wofford Jr

Military

Shot 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

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Places

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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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

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7918
Social Security Death Index

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7918