Herbert C. Wood Updated: 18 JUN 2015
Airman: u055009.htm Surname: Wood Init: H C Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 335
P_link: p184.htm Plane: B17 42-30118 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Kiel Bugt (Bay).
Crash_d: d130643 Buried_d: b120743 C_link: c055.htm At_Next: Magleby - L
"Under et bombetogt til Kiel (her)
den 13. juni 1943 blev amerikanske bombere angrebet af tyske jagere over
Østersøen, hvor en del blev skudt ned.
Fra Langeland (her)
så man ved 10-tiden 3 bombere og 3 tyske jagere styrte i havet, samt en 5-6
udfoldede faldskærme.
Fra 3 forskellige bombefly indbragtes senere omkomne besætningsmedlemmer til
Langeland." (FAF)
T/Sgt Louis L. Julliard og 2nd Lt
Glenn W. McMurty fra
B17 42-29702, 2nd Lt Herbert C.
Wood fra
B17 42-30118 og 2nd Lt
Wilson F. Brown fra B17 42-3187 blev alle begravet på
Magleby Kirkegård, Langeland.
2nd Lieutenant Herbert C. Wood var Co-Pilot. Han blev fundet drivende i Østersøen den 10. juli 1943. Begravelsen i
Magleby fandt sted den 12. juli 1943.
Overført til
Ardennes American
Cemetery i
Belgien 7. maj 1948. (Kilde: FAF)
Hans navn er ikke i registret hos ABMC,
så mest sandsynligt blev han begravet
på en privat kirkegård i USA. Der er stadig et trækors med
en metalplade for ham på Magleby Kirkegård!
Se kortet
USAAF med alle amerikanske flyvere begravet i
Danmark. Hans navn er ikke i registret hos ABMC,
så mest sandsynligt blev han begravet på en
privat kirkegård i USA.
Fra B17 42-30118
blev 1 flyver begravet i Magleby, Langeland, mens 3 er begravet i USA, 1 i
Belgien, 1 i Holland og 4 har ingen kendt grav.
Se
tegning af besætningen på
en B-17,
Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10
flyvere.
American bombers on a bombing raid to
Kiel
(here)
on 13 June 1943 were attacked by German fighters over the Baltic Sea, where a
number were shot down.
About 10 a.m. 3 bombers and 3 German fighters were seen from Langeland (here)
crashing into the sea. 5 or 6 opened parachutes were seen.
Later perished crew members from 3 different bombers ended on Langeland. (Source:
FAF)
T/Sgt Louis L. Julliard and 2nd Lt Glenn W. McMurty from B17 42-29702, 2nd Lt Herbert C. Wood from B17 42-30118 and 2nd Lt Wilson F. Brown from B17 42-3187 were all buried in Magleby Churchyard, Langeland.
2nd Lieutenant Herbert C. Wood var Co-Pilot. He was found drifting in the Baltic Sea on 10 July 1943. The burial in
Magleby took place on 12 July 1943.
Transferred to
Ardennes American
Cemetery in Belgium on 7 May 1948. (Source:
FAF) His name
is not in the
ABMC
records, so most likely he was buried in a private cemetery in the U.S.A.
There is still a wooden
cross with a metal plate in his
memory in Magleby Churchyard!
The bottom line on
all metal nameplates "Hjemført til U.S.A." means "Taken home to the USA". See
the map USAAF.
His name
is not in the
ABMC
records, so most likely he was buried in a private cemetery in the U.S.A.
1 airman from B17 42-30118 was buried in Magleby, Langeland, while 3 rest in the USA, 1 in Belgium, 1 in Holland, and 4 have no known grave.
See
a drawing of the crew of
a B-17,
Photo of a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball
Turret Gunner.
This B-17 Flying
Fortress was from
336 BS, 95 BG,
13 CBW, 3 BD, 8 AF. See 95th Bomb Group
(H). It took off from
RAF Framlingham (Parham) - USAAF Station 153.
10 airmen.