Woodrow B Murphy
Military ROLL OF HONOURSnippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25116
Killed on Mission (KOM) while serving as Ball Turret Gunner on B-24D 41-23745 'Katy Bug' on 18-Nov-42 his aircraft sustained failure of two engines and crashed into a tree while attempting to make an emergency landing at Little Stukeley. 3 other crew members were also killed. The aircraft was salvaged on 27-Nov-42.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Katy Bug
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed on Mission (KOM) |
Little Stukeley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 18 November 1942 | Killed when the aircraft crashed after attempting an emergency landing and struck a tree |
Buried |
Texas | Originally buried at Brookwood cemetery, after the war his remains were repatriated to the United States after the war and re-interred in Texas. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 28-Nov-2014. Edited biography, made Place, AIrcraft & Mission associations; added KOM event all per "Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 47