John H Woolnough
Military
Pilot
466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadron
Would be the founder of both the 466th BG Association and the 8th Air Force Historical Society after the war John Woolnough
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 16140 - LT John Woolnough Pilot 466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadron Would be the founder of both the 466th BG Association and the 8th Air Force...
Led his crew safely through a 30 mission tour, 7 as a lead crew. Woolnough retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel.
Woolnough was founder of the 466th Bomb Group Association and later the 8th Air Force Historical Society.
John Woolnough authored "Attlebridge Diaries" and the "Mighty 8th Album".
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33262561
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Illinois, USA | 3 May 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 6 October 1941 | |
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Died |
Hollywood, FL, USA | 9 December 1990 | |
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Buried |
Bushnell, FL 33513, USA | 12 December 1990 | Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Sumter County Florida, USA Plot: 301, 0, 760 |
| Aurora, IL, USA | 156 Woodlawn Avenue |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Founder of the 8th AF Historical Society