Billy J Wood

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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A.L.D. II

Object Number - UPL 46648

Killed in Action (KIA) near Rehau in B-17 #43-37942. MACR 13739.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37942

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flippy, The Blue Fairy
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

8 April 1945

Born

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 8 April 1945

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Added MACR to "Summary description".

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Removed redundant S/N info.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13739 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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