Eugene Warren Wood

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-40081.jpeg UPL 40081 Eugene Wood of the 95th Bomb Group

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Object Number - UPL 40081 - Eugene Wood of the 95th Bomb Group

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Malcolm Blanchar MacKinnon

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12035122 / O-389270
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29693

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Lonesone Polecat
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 62

Date: 11 June 1943

Places

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Portland, Oregon, USA	10 December 1921	Son of Frederick Elijah Wood. On birth certificate his name is "Warren Eugene Wood." On various other documents his name is given as Warren E. and Eugene W. His family refers to him as "Gene."
Enlisted	Fort Lewis, WA	11 November 1941	Fort Lewis, Washington
Died	North Sea	11 June 1943	Shot down 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807
Based Killed in Action (KIA)	Horham	11 June 1943	Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Cambridge American Cemetery		Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

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Date2 Apr 2022 14:26:20

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763337
https://www.fold3.com/record/529904050/eugene-w-wood-american-battle-mo…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295700/eugene-w-wood

Date29 Sep 2019 01:08:41

ContributorJim Hersom

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Jim Hersom

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:27

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2807 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Eugene Warren Wood: Gallery (3 items)

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Object number: UPL 40081 - Eugene Wood of the 95th Bomb Group

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