Leonard A Wood

Military
Pilots and ground crew of the 361st Fighter Group converse by the wing of a P-51 Mustang. media-377238.jpg FRE 520 Lieutenants Ben Drew, Bill Kemp and Leonard Wood in a publicity shot after the dogfight over the Luftwaffe aerodrome at Chartres. Roger Freeman Collection

Photo appears with this caption in "Ben Drew: The Katzenjammer Ace" by R.R. Powell with U.L. Drew
Writer's Showcase, 1998

Object Number - FRE 520 - Lieutenants Ben Drew, Bill Kemp and Leonard Wood in a publicity shot after the dogfight over the Luftwaffe aerodrome at Chartres.

75 missions, 301 combat hours



AM w/ 9 Oak Leaf Cluster



destroyed 2 aerial, damaged 1 ground

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Born

Gratiot County, Michigan 22 August 1922

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self

Leonard A Wood: Gallery (2 items)

Pilots and ground crew of the 361st Fighter Group converse by the wing of a P-51 Mustang.

Object number: FRE 520 - Lieutenants Ben Drew, Bill Kemp and Leonard Wood...

Object number: UPL 23974 - D Flight of 375th Fighter Squadron with Billy Kemp...