Rurel Rathmuel Wood

Military
media-50616.jpeg UPL 50616 M/Sgt. Rurel R. Wood (Crew Chief), 32rd BS, 91st BG

Object Number - UPL 50616 - M/Sgt. Rurel R. Wood (Crew Chief), 32rd BS, 91st BG

Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Rurel was a top turret gunner on 3 different B-17 Bombers; Miss Ouachita, Nine O' Nine; and Blue Dreams as well as acting Crew Chief.





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Miss Ouachita"of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Ouachita
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 91st Bomb Group work on the engines of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Nine O Nine".
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nine-O-Nine
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron Headquarters (91st Bomb Group)
Two crewmen of the 91st Bomb Group with a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37767) nicknamed "Blue Dreams". Handwritten on reverse: '237767.' On reverse: 'Not For Publication For Personal Use Only, Passed By US Army Examiner 10143 [Stamp].'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blue Dreams
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Eros, LA 3 August 1921

Enlisted

8 August 1946 Re-enlisted USAF.

Other

Discharged USAF

31 July 1962 Honourable discharge.

Died

Shreveport, LA 1 September 1975

Buried

Antioch Cemetery West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA 5 September 1975 Antioch Cemetery West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Enlisted

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Based

Bassingbourn Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son, Ray E. Wood

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