World War II Honoree

Walter C. Woodmansee

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Hartford, Connecticut

Honored By

Mimi Woodmansee Segnit

Relationship

Daughter

HELD THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT AND SERVED AS A B-17 AIRCRAFT BOMBARDIER IN THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE STATIONED IN ENGLAND. HE FLEW 19 BOMBING MISSIONS OVER GERMANY. ON JUNE 29TH, 1944, HIS PLANE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY FLAK NEAR LEIPZIG, GERMANY. HE PARACHUTED FROM THE PLANE, WAS CAPTURED BY CIVILIANS AND TURNED OVER TO GERMAN FORCES. HE SERVED AS A PRISONER OF WAR FOR 10 MONTHS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. HE WAS LIBERATED FROM A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IN MOOSBURG, GERMANY ON APRIL 29, 1945 BY U.S. TROOPS UNDER GENERAL GEORGE PATTON.