Warren Walter Woods
MilitaryShot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-5942 "Sky Shy". Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12024448 and T-60282
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33789491 and O-800304
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13076894
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33007559 and O-729620
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sky Shy/ Wenatchee Special
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Minnesota, United States | 21 August 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, St Paul, Minnesota, United States | 21 January 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other Bailed out |
near Ulm, Germany | 6 September 1943 | from B-17 # 42-5942, shot down by fighters and Flak |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bad Sulza, Germany | 6 September 1943 | Interned at Stalag 9C Bad Sulza |
|
Died |
Wayzata, Minnesota, United States | 27 June 1997 | |
| Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States | |||
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Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 3121
NARA WWI enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3121 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database