Jack K Wood

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media-46552.jpeg UPL 46552 1st Lt Jack K. Wood, in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th Bomb Squadron.

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Object Number - UPL 46552 - 1st Lt Jack K. Wood, in the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bomb Group, and the 344th Bomb Squadron.

Lt. Jack K. Wood was a B-24 Liberator bomber flight officer navigator assigned to the 9th Air Force, the 344th Bomb Squadron, and the 98th Bombardment Group, USAAF. Wood's B-24D, 41-24298, The Vulgar Virgin, flown by command pilot Lt. Wallace Taylor, was shot down over Ploesti and crashed with 9 crewmen killed in the crash of the B-24D, flown by Wallace Taylor, who bailed out and was the only survivor of 41-24198's crash. Lt. Jack Wood was killed in action (KIA). MACR 166



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (6OLC), EAME, PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Wallace Cadet Taylor

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19039735 / O-729382
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-23661

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Black Jack
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 345th Bomb Squadron

41-24198

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin - Hell From Heaven - Shoot Youre Faded
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
Some of the crew of the Vulgar Virgin

42-40608

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Benina

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Soluch Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wichita Falls, OK 24 January 1919 Son of Leslie Monroe Woods and Ora M [Farrar] Ables.

Enlisted

Fort Worth, TX 18 September 1940 Fort Worth, Texas

Died

Tatarani, Romania 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-24198; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 166

Buried

Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Tuscany, Italy Tablets of the Missing

Based

Benina 1 August 1943 Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF.

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