VETERANS DATABASE

Participant Info

Class Year (or years attended)

1940

Military Service Branch

Army Air Corps/U.S. Air Force

Years of Service

1942-1959

Service Academy or ROTC Institution

No

Highest Rank Attained

Captain, U.S. Air Force

Type of Separation

Retired

Awards and Decorations

Captain Wood "received many commendations and medals and his Unit, the 15th Air Force, 99th Bomb Group, 347th Squadron was awarded a Presidential Citation

Major Duty Assignments, Military Units/Organizations/Ships, and Locations of Service?

Air Offensive Europe Air Combat Balkans 15th Air Force, 99th Bomb Group, 347th Squadron Marianas Islands in the Pacific Finance Officer-Korea- 51st Fighter Interceptor Group (F-86's) during the Korean War

Most Memorable Military Experience or Accomplishment

Share the in-service schools/training attended and your primary military specialty.

Primary Military Specialties: Ball Turret Gunner and Bombardier on B-17's ("Flying Fortress"), B-24's and B-29's. In Korean War- Finance Officer

If your service included combat or hostile action describe

Combat in Europe, Pacific and Korea. In August, 1943, Operation Tidal Wave, the low-level bombing of the Ploesti Oil Refineries over Romania. Airmen involved were later nicknamed the "Ploesti Oil Fields Raiders". Mission took on significant casualties. In 1945, served on the B-29s that were part of the massive bombing missions against the Japanese homeland

Date of Death and Where They Were Laid to Rest

Date of Death- February 24, 2013. Buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery

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