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Personal info

Full name
WOODS, Lyle Clifford
Date of birth
10 March 1914
Age
28
Place of birth
South Dakota
Hometown
Plankinton, Aurora County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
17037513
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer
Unit
359th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1942
Place of death
English Channel, off the coast of Dieppe

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 27 18

Immediate family

Members
Clifford A. Woods (father)
Catherine S. (Williamson) Woods (mother)
Dorothy M. Woods (sister)
Elizabeth Woods (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24566
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Zombie
Destination: Romilly-sur-Seine, France
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 15708

Biography

http://vetaffairs.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/ SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=2111

More information

T/Sgt Lyle C. Woods graduated from Plankinton High School in 1932 where he was the valedictorian. He worked on the farm of his father.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 7 January 1942.

On the way back, the airplane was attacked by enemy fighters. It ditsched in the English Channel, off the coast of Dieppe, France.

The entire crew of ten men was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 303rdBomberGroup.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, http://vetaffairs.sd.gov - Sheila Hansen

Photo source: Guy Maes, http://vetaffairs.sd.gov