Woodrow Francis Magers

Military
media-26810.jpeg UPL 26810 Woodrow Francis Magers, photo taken March 1940 in Savannah, GA

Shared with the American Air Museum by Woodrow F Magers' daughter-in-law, Kathy Magers.

Object Number - UPL 26810 - Woodrow Francis Magers, photo taken March 1940 in Savannah, GA

Assigned to 834BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Woodrow Magers served as a flight engineer/top turret gunner with the 834th Bomb Squadron of the 486th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Sudbury, England. He was a member of L Reed's crew. He flew 52 missions during WWII – some in B-24 41-29400 'Sagittarius'.

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

People

L Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29400

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sagittarius / Sagittarias
  • Unit: 449th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 716th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hugo, OK 2 April 1917 Charlie E. and Ruby L. [Hudson] Magers.

Enlisted

Barksdale AFB, LA, USA 7 November 1945 Enlisted in the National Guard

Died

Lancaster, TX 24 May 1978

Buried

Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum Red Chute, Bossier Parish, LA 27 May 1978 Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum Red Chute, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Bossier Parish, LA, USA

Based

Sudbury Assigned to 834BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, biography, awards, events, unit associations and media associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/60808516/woodrow-magers-social-security-de…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83168267/woodrow-f-magers-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/626507638/woodrow-magers-1917-veterans-aff…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133406326
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193259580/woodrow-francis-magers

Date
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to biography and aircraft associations
Sources

Correspondence with Woodrow F Magers' daughter-in-law, Kathy Magers.

Date
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to service number, highest rank, biography, events, person associations and place associations
Sources

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster

Woodrow Francis Magers: Gallery (2 items)