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WOOD, Joseph Eugene - Date of
birth
1921 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Georgia -
Hometown
Dade County, Florida
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O2044973 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
351st Fighter Squadron,
353rd Fighter Group
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
22 February 1944 - Place of
death
Oosterschelde, off the coast of Noord-Beveland, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-75647 -
Data
Type: P-47D
Destination: Koblenz, Germany
Mission: Bomber escort
MACR: 2671
More information
Joseph E. Wood worked as a dental assistant.He joined the National Guard in Miami, Florida, on 25 November 1940.
According to the Statement of 1st Lt John G. Treitz, who participated in the mission, after an attack on an airfield, northeast of Bonn, Germany, they were coming out the coast at very low altitude at Noord Beveland. Some reported on the radio that Lt Hurlburt and Lt Wood were hit by flak. Lt Wood's plane had a small fire on the wing root and fuselage, and Lt Hurlburt's plane was smoking badly. They both turned to the right, back towards land, just as the group was leaving the coast.
Both pilots are commemorated on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.com - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR 2671, https://db.wingstovictory.nl/nl/database/crashes/371#story
Photo source: André Koch, Arie-Jan van Hees