Williard T Woods Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Transferred to 467th BG.

Killed in Action (KIA). Waist-gunner on Lt. Martin Sefca's ship, 788th BS, killed by flak which exploded in upper waist of aircraft.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 467th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: That's All Brother
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron

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Killed in action

4 November 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
Roster supplied by Dave Arnett;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207831253/willard-thomas-woods;
http://www.the467tharchive.org/libraryshelftwo.html

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Healy book p 214 and Watts book p 160