Mitchell Kenneth Woods

Military
media-52718.jpeg UPL 52718 2nd Lt Mitchell K Woods, 401BG.

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Object Number - UPL 52718 - 2nd Lt Mitchell K Woods, 401BG.

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.



On 1-Jan-44, B-17 42-40002 'Breezing Home' lost brake hydraulic pressure while taxiing and struck another parked B-17. RTD.



On 27-Jan-44, while taxiing after landing from a training flight, the landing gear switch of B-17 42-31414 was placed in the up position instead of the flap switch. RTD.



Shot down by rocket fire from ME110 on mission to Frankfurt on 29-Jan-44 in B-17 42-38012. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2275



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Clyde A Lewis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800905
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Leon Glenn Van Syckle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12094999 / O-804431
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31414

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-37928

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

42-38012

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group. Image via R Bowers. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Home on two engines.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '"Breezing Home" IY-D, 42-40002. 401 BG.'

42-40002

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Breezing Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, IL, USA 27 July 1917 Third and youngest child of Raymond Howard Woods and Eleanor Mitchell Woods

Other

Baled out POW

29 January 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 29 January 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Prisoner of War (POW)

Chicago, IL, USA 29 December 2002 - 29 January 1944

Buried

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, IL Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois

Based

Deenethorpe 29 January 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42734712/mitchell-kenneth-woods

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Eldest son, Michael D. Woods

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2275 / MACR 2275, Losses of 8th AF, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=966 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 52718 - 2nd Lt Mitchell K Woods, 401BG.