| Interviewee | WOOD, Charles E. (b. 1923) |
| Military Service | U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 866th Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force |
| Interview ID # | OH 1307 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | His experiences as a B-24 gunner in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; gunnery school, Tindall Field, Florida, and Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, 1943; assignment to the 493rd Bomb Group, 1943; stationing at Debach, England, April, 1944; operations on D-Day; mission to Merseberg, Germany, November 2, 1944; bombing of V-1 and V-2 sites; encounters with German jet aircraft; ground-support missions; return to the States. |
| Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
| Physical Description | 55 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
