Edward McSherry Woddrop
Military
Rear L-R: 1Lt John J. Reeder, 2Lt Dallas E. Kendall, Maj Edgar E Snyder, Capt Edward McSherry "Woodie" Woddrop, 1Lt Ingvald Magnus Iverson.
Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Sgt William Valis, T/Sgt Fred T. Kuehl, T/Sgt William A. Watts, Unk
Object Number - UPL 36967 - "Major Snyder and lead crew on bombing mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Vicious Virgin". 427th Bomb...
Enlisted in RCAF, flying as Sgt pilot instructor for RAF, transferred to USAAF. Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. Completed tour, volunteering for additional 6 x missions. Returned to US to re-train on B-29's, killed in bizarre training accident, walking into a rotating propeller, exiting his aircraft.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Winnie The Pooh, Flak Wolf
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Empress of d street, the flying bison
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Scarlet Harlot : Vat 69 : Vicious Virgin
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Frederick, MD | 12 November 1913 | Son of William Harvey and Eliza [McSherry] Woddrop. |
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Based |
Molesworth | 10 October 1944 - 3 February 1944 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Meacham Field, Fort Worth, TX | 11 October 1944 | Killed in bizarre training accident, walked into a rotating propeller upon exiting his aircraft. |
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Buried |
Saint John's Cemetery Frederick, Frederick County, MD, | 14 October 1944 | Saint John's Cemetery Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland |
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Enlisted |
Canada | Enlisted RCAF. | |
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Other Shipped overseas |
United KIngdom | Overseas to ETO with RAF. | |
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Other Flight training |
Canada | Pilot training with RCAF. | |
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Other Instructor |
Wigtown, Scotland | Flew as instructor with RAF, Wigtown, Scotland | |
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Other Transferred USAAF |
United Kingdom | Transferred to USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a connection to the A/C #42-3131 'Flak Wolf' mentioned n the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on page 118.
Added a connection to A/C #42-37875 per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on page 220.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-wxyz.html#W
