Woodruff, Walker Ace

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Woodruff, Walker Ace ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant
Serial Number	36877182 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, effective 17 July 1944.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	11 October 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 26 April 1919
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 9479⇓ (36.526 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Henderson, William Vincent⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Oosterhof, Franklin Gerald⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Segars, Arthur Woodrow⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Smith, George Kitchen⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Owens, Buddy Louis⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Rodgers, William Mack⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Tobman, Milton (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
SGT. Woodruff, Walker Ace	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Austin, Ralph Earl⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT
PVT. O'Malley, Herbert Mathew⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 22 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
167⇗	29 July 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
168⇗	31 July 1944	Target: Aero Engine Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Munich / München, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
169⇗	1 August 1944	Target: Railroad Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Chartres, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group Hot Camera Ship. Sortie Report⇗
170⇗	3 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit H Group. Sortie Report⇗
172⇗	4 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Tail Gunner	42‑37982⇗	Combat Mission Credit This aircraft carried delayed-action bombs which were jettisoned in the Channel. Sortie Report⇗
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
178⇗	12 August 1944	Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
179⇗	13 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Road Network Type: Transportation Location: Beaumont-le-Roger (area), France	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section lead, low group. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97282⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
194⇗	13 September 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97592⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
195⇗	17 September 1944	Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical Type: Military Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands	Tail Gunner	42‑38014⇗	Combat Mission Credit E Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit C Wing, low group deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑97986. Note that the 'mickey' navigator Schwab (indicated on formation chart) was not included on the crew list for this aircraft, indicating the original aircraft planned for this crew was PFF-equipped, while this one was not. Led wing back to base after target after taking over for flak-damaged wing lead. Sortie Report⇗
202⇗	30 September 1944	Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group lead. Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97986⇗	Combat Mission Credit Deputy lead. This aircraft led the group on two PFF runs, was hit by flak over target area and lost two engines; could not keep up with group and was going to land in Belgium; plane was under control, but was reported to explode at about 2,000' altitude. However, while it was out of commission for about two months, it was back flying combat missions in December. Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97948⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Fourth Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Subjected to intense and very accurate flak in target area; crashed 1 kilometer west of Strohn, Germany; MACR 9479. Sortie Report⇗

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