World War II Honoree

Richard Roche Woodard

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pasadena, California

Honored By

Carol Jean Woodard-Kozimor

Relationship

Daughter

FROM AUGUST, 1944 THROUGH APRIL, 1945 AS AN ARMY PILOT, HE FLEW 35 MISSIONS DURING 249 HOURS OF COMBAT FLIGHT OVER ROMANIA, YUGOSLAVIA, AUSTRIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, ITALY, AND GERMANY. WAS AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS. ON MARCH 13, 1945, HE LED A WING OF 120 B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBERS OVER REGENSBURG, GERMANY. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR THIS MISSION, NORMALLY LED BY A COLONEL.