Wood was aboard B-17E #41-2421 with the 19th Bombardment Group. The plane was carrying personnel of the 104th Antiaircraft Artillery AW Battalion as well as 19th BG ground crew and equipment to repair a damaged plane at Horn Island air field. It was windy and dark when the plane arrived and they weren't able to land at the first try, so the pilot attempted a go-around at low level. The plane's wing tip dug into the ground and the B-17 cart wheeled into the nearby scrub and erupted in flames. All aboard were killed.
His cousin, William C. Wood was also in the crash.
His cousin, William C. Wood was also in the crash.
Wood was aboard B-17E #41-2421 with the 19th Bombardment Group. The plane was carrying personnel of the 104th Antiaircraft Artillery AW Battalion as well as 19th BG ground crew and equipment to repair a damaged plane at Horn Island air field. It was windy and dark when the plane arrived and they weren't able to land at the first try, so the pilot attempted a go-around at low level. The plane's wing tip dug into the ground and the B-17 cart wheeled into the nearby scrub and erupted in flames. All aboard were killed.
His cousin, William C. Wood was also in the crash.
His cousin, William C. Wood was also in the crash.
Inscription
Sgt, US Army Air Corps, killed at Horn Island in the South Pacific
Gravesite Details
son of Vernon D. and Alpha I. Wood
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