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Personal info

Full name
WOODS, Harry Raymond
Date of birth
20 May 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
Hometown
Buchanan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37504757
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
561st Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 May 1944
Place of death
South east of Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 27 7

Immediate family

Members
Harry D. Woods (father)
Mae E. (Nave) Woods (mother)
Beulah M. Woods (sister)
Mary E. Woods (sister)
Roseann P. (Peppard) Woods (wife)
Elizabeth A. Woods (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
42-107061
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Peg o' My Heart
Target: Berlin, Germany
MACR: 4581

More information

S/Sgt Harry R. Woods graduated from Central High School in 1941.

Lt. Picket in a/c 42-107061 "Peg of my Heart", was shot down on the first pass of enemy fighters at 0955 hours when a 20mm shell exploded in the cockpit and the engineer was hit by a 30 caliber bullet. With #2 engine on fire, the crew bailed out and the plane crashed with a full bomb load S.E. of Bremen.

Source of information: 388th Bomb Group Historian, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, WWW.388bg.org, Headstone and Internment Record, 1940/1950 US Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Mireille Goedhart, www.findagrave.com, Central High School 1940, 1941