Woodrow W Cole
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew as bombardier on mission to V-1 sites at Agathe d' Aliermont, France 21-Jan-44; A/C hit by flak, wounded, he released as many bombs as possible from the damaged bomb bay manually, before collapsing on the flight deck. Unconscious, he subsequently became trapped in the belly landing and suffocated before being released by the crash crew. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8714
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063025 / O-675040
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Liberty Belle
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
New Cumberland, PA | 20 September 1941 | |
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Died |
21 January 1944 | ||
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Buried |
22 January 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England Plot D Row 1 Grave 35 | |
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Other Specialist training |
Roswell AAF, NM | Bombardier training; Roswell AAF, NM. Qualified Mar-43. | |
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Born |
Allegheny County, PA | ||
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Based |
Shipdham | 21 January 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.abmc.gov/node/539405
We Were Eagles Volume Two: The Eighth Air Force at War December 1943 to May 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
http://www.8thairforce.com/members/rollofhonor2.asp?perIdentification=2…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288660/woodrow-w-cole
8th AF Losses, MACR 8714 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia