Lyle C Woods

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24566 'Zombie', 303BG/359BS while serving as Engineer/ Top Turret Gunner on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15593. Participated in 5 Operations (1 was aborted) See Biography events

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24566

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Zombie
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Sergeant Vernon E. Carlson, of the 303rd Bomb Group, paints the nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Holy Mackeral". Passed for publication 16 Dec 1942. Printed caption on reverse: '"Everything under control" is the optimistic message sent by Sgt. Vernon E. Carlson of the Air Corps, whose home is at 1431 N. Mayfield Ave, Chicago. He used to be with the Goetz Elevator Co. He is 29 and unmarried. O.P.S. shows him painting "Holy Mackerel" on a plane.' On reverse: Current Affairs Ltd, US Army Press C

41-24609

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Holy Mackerel
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Assigned to Aircraft

Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA 23 June 1942 Assigned as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Other

Arrived in UK

Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 25 October 1942 Arrived as Engineer/Top Turret Guner of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie" 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK.

Other

Mission #2 TSGT Lyle C. Woods, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS

22 November 1942 Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner with B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #3 TSGT Lyle C. Woods, w/B-17F 41-24609, 303BG/359BS

23 November 1942 Served as a Nose Gunner on B-17F 41-24609 "Holy Mackerel", 303BG/359BS on a mission ro bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #4 TSGT Lyle C. Woods, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - Aborted

Rouen, France 12 December 1942 Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner with B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dieppe, France 20 December 1942 Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel near Dieppe, France.

Other

Mission #5 TSGT Lyle C. Woods, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - KIA

20 December 1942 Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner with B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. The aircraft sustained heavy damage from fighter and AA fire and crashed into the EnGlish Channel on return. All crew lost. KIA

Other

Mission #1 TSGT Lyle C. Woods, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 18 November 2042 Served as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner with B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK

Born

Plankinton, South Dakota

Buried

Neupré, Belgium Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 27, Grave 18.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission REport of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015 . Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015 . Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015 . Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015 . Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website. Gary Moncur, Historian, Orville S. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Edited Biography summary and made connections to B-17 F41-24609 and all mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added crew position to biography and KIA event per MACR 15708; added Buried event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission; COMBINED data from a DUPLICATE entry made by ingest.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15708, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55