Name:
Woodie Martell Rose
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
17014653
Unit:
369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
2010-04-26
State:
Arkansas
Cemetery:
Whitehouse Cemetery, Whitehouse, Smith County, Texas, USA
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SSgt Woodie Martell Rose, belly gunner of the B-17 42-107153 “Denny Boy”, took off from station 111 in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, UK on a bombing mission over Munich. It took two flak hits that knocked out two engines, forcing the plane to crash land at 0940. German troops were quick to round them up. However, French Resistance fighters ambushed the truck ferrying them and freed the airmen. They set fire to their plane and escaped to Switzerland. They escaped back to the UK through Foggia, Alger, and Casablanca arriving back on September 29th. Rose’s full E&E report #2344 can be found at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2344.pdf.