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WOODWARD, Edward J - Date of
birth
16 June 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Scottsville, Monroe County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-691554 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
330th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
26 June 1944 - Place of
death
Liebenwalde, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Herbert V. Woodward (father)
Amelia (Hauser) Woodward (mother)
Anna Woodward (stepmother)
Louis M. Woodward (brother)
Lawrence F. Woodward (brother)
Earl H. Woodward (brother)
George Woodward (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95039 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Politz, Germany
Mission: Bombing of oil refinery
MACR: 6152
More information
2nd Lt Edward J. Woodward enlisted in Rochester, New York on 3 September 1942.Regarding to the circumstances of the crash, 1st Lt Thomas B. Parry stated:
"Aircraft #42-95039 seemed to have been hit under tight wing approximately middle way. When this happened aircraft made a slow roll to the left. Just as ship got half way over he started to dive. I followed this ship down approximately 500 feet and the ship was still intact, however as far as I saw this aircraft it was still making spins."
His aircraft crashed on 20 June 1944. 2nd Lt Woodward managed to escape and took a train, wearing civilian clothing. After the war, one of the surviving crew members stated that, after some guards on the train had discovered he was an enemy piot, he jumped out of the window while the train was still moving. The guards immediately stopped the train and tried to arrest him. Several shots were fired. Although the guards refused to say whether they killed him or not, it was clear that 2nd Lt Woodward was dead.
He was buried at the cemetery of Finow, Germany, grave 48. His body was never recovered.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com/db/index.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, The Saratogian – 1 August 1944