Edward Lester Woodall Jr

Military

Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wilhelmshaven Mid air collision near Rustringen in B-17 43-38457 Baled out over North sea Prisoner of War (POW) 31-Dec-44. MACR 11359.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

William Goldie MacNab

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19170307 / O-766005
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38457

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nine Lives
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

772

  • Date: 31 December 1944

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Smithfield, North Carolina, USA 2 June 1922 Son of Edward Lester Sr and Ruth [Schmick] Woodall.

Enlisted

Fort Bragg, NC, USA 24 November 1943 Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

78-220 Tychowo, Poland 31 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out

Kleingärtnerverein Rüstringen e.V., Neuengrodener Weg 50, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany 31 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wilhelmshaven Mid air collision near Rustringen in B-17 43-38457 Baled out over North sea Prisoner of War (POW) 31-Dec-44. MACR 11359.

Died

Cleveland, OH, USA 5 February 1994

Based

Thorpe Abbotts 31 December 1944 Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/297948314
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18109259/ruth-woodall
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18109170/edward-lester-woodall

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;\
- MACR 11359

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/30327312
https://www.fold3.com/record/88412256-edward-l-woodall-jr
https://www.fold3.com/record/26863783-edward-l-woodall

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 11359 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database