World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William Woodward
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Yankton, South Dakota
STAFF SERGEANT, WAS A TAIL GUNNER ON A B-17 AIRCRAFT IN THE 407TH BOMB SQUAD, 92ND BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON OCTOBER 14, 1943 AS HIS AIRCRAFT TOOK PART IN THE SECOND SCHWEINFURT RAID OVER GERMANY AND WAS ATTACKED BY 12 TO 15 GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE B-17 CRASHED NEAR DIETENHAM, GERMANY.