Fred Bothe
Military | Private First Class | Fire Fighter
PFC Bothe died on 28 May 44 from injuries received fighting a burning aircraft on 27 May 44.
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Wood Hibbard
Military
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Pvt. Wood Hibbard (1922-1944) 2018th Fire Fighter Platoon killed on May 27, 1944 in Brookwood, England killed by 1,000 pound bomb
PVT Hibbard was killed in action, 27 May 1944 following the explosion of a 1000 lb bomb attached to a burning aircraft.
Transferred to 2018th EAFFP, pursuant to authority contained in par. 12, SO#13, Headquarters, IX Tactical Air Command, dated 2 May 1944.
Service
People
Units served with
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2018th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Platoon
Unit departed New York Port of Embarkation on 8 October 1943 on the S.S. Thurston arriving at Courock, Scotland on 17 October 1943.
Associated Place
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Brookwood
Military site : non-airfield
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Ibsley
Military site : airfield
Built during 1940-41 as a fighter base satellite for RAF Middle Wallop, Ibsley opened in 1941 when incomplete. It eventually had three concrete runways, 18 hardstandings plus 18 double pen dispersals, and two Bellman plus 12 blister hangars, after...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Manchester, KY 40962, USA | 23 February 1922 |
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To. Walter Hibbard and Amanda Sams |
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| Lived in | Manchester, KY 40962, USA | 23 February 1922 – 1943 |
| Enlisted | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 7 January 1943 |
| Died | Brookwood, Surrey, UK | 27 May 1944 |
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Pvt. Wood Hibbard and Pvt. Fred Bothe was killed by 1,000 pound Bomb while trying to save Pilot Carlo Ball. Ball's plane tire blow and causing his plane on fire. A British gun crew save the pilot (but died the next day), but the 2018th didn't know about pilot was save. |
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| Buried | Glades House, Brookwood Cemetry, Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey GU24 0BL, UK | 28 May 1944 |
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Buried there after being killed and in 1948 he was move to Campbell Cemetery in Fall Rock, Clay County, Kentucky |
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| Buried | Fall Rock, KY 40962, USA | 1948 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 December 2016 22:06:59 | usaeff | Changes to biography |
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Unit History obtained from USAF |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 13 November 2016 20:15:40 | usaeff | Changes to biography |
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Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 March 2016 20:02:29 | Lucy May | Changes to place associations |
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Connecting Wood Hibbard to Ibsley where he was based. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 December 2014 20:58:06 | hager33 | Created entry with surname, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, events, unit associations and place associations |
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Wood Hibbard's niece Tonya R. (Hibbard) Hager |
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