Wood Hibbard
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 7076 - Pvt. Wood Hibbard (1922-1944) 2018th Fire Fighter Platoon killed on May 27, 1944 in Brookwood, England killed by 1,000 pound bomb
PVT Hibbard was killed in action, 27 May 1944 following the explosion of a 1000 lb bomb attached to a burning aircraft.
Transferred to 2018th EAFFP, pursuant to authority contained in par. 12, SO#13, Headquarters, IX Tactical Air Command, dated 2 May 1944.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Platoon
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2018th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 36276651
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Manchester, KY 40962, USA | 23 February 1922 | To. Walter Hibbard and Amanda Sams |
| Manchester, KY 40962, USA | 23 February 1922 | ||
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Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH, USA | 7 January 1943 | |
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Died |
Brookwood, Surrey, UK | 27 May 1944 | Pvt. Wood Hibbard and Pvt. Fred Bothe was killed by 1,000 pound Bomb while trying to save Pilot Carlo Ball. Ball's plane tire blow and causing his plane on fire. A British gun crew save the pilot (but died the next day), but the 2018th didn't know about pilot was save. |
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Buried |
Glades House, Brookwood Cemetry, Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey GU24 0BL, UK | 28 May 1944 | Buried there after being killed and in 1948 he was move to Campbell Cemetery in Fall Rock, Clay County, Kentucky |
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Buried |
Fall Rock, KY 40962, USA |
Revisions
Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
Connecting Wood Hibbard to Ibsley where he was based.
Wood Hibbard's niece Tonya R. (Hibbard) Hager
