Edward R Hood
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Added connection to airman's record
Object Number - UPL 29453 - Edward R Hood
Killed in Action (KIA) 2 January 1945 in AC #43-38921.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Shed House
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rose-Etta
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: - Smokey Liz II
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Slightly Dangerous
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
2 January 1945 | ||
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Born |
Indiana | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Lt. Hood was originally with the 730th but occasionally flew with the other 3 squadrons in the 452nd. He and his crew flew 14 out of his 19 missions together.
Thanks to the members of the 452nd Bomb Group at Deopham Green and those at 452nd Bombardment Group for all the information.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
ABMC, MACR 11225 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
