Woodruff Joseph Warren
MilitaryAssigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-1742-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Captured and executed en route to Kaplitz. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10139
Awards: DFC (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 1 December 1920 | Son of Woodruff W and Regina B [Emery] Warren. |
Enlisted |
Bolling Field, Anacostia, DC | 29 May 1942 | Bolling Field Anacostia District Of Columbia |
Died |
Linz, Austria | 9 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-1742-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Captured and executed en route to Kaplitz. KIA MACR 10139 |
Buried |
Vicinity Linz, Austria | 9 December 1944 | Buried in shallow grave alongside road after execution. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St. Avold, France Plot J Row 28 Grave 12 | ||
Based |
Amendola | 9 December 1944 | Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Hyattsville, MD | Husband of Lily V Warren, residing Hyattsville, Maryland. |
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