Lt Col. Wilbur H. Wood was a crewmember of B-25 medium bomber, tail-number 41-29684. The plane and crew belonged to Headquarters Squadron, 12th Bomb Group. On 16 October 1943 the plane crashed into the east slope of Mount Etna, near Catania Sicily. All crewmembers were killed in the crash. All men were buried in the temporary American GELA Cemetery in Sicily.
Over 1,200 men and women were buried in the GELA Cemetery. I am writing a book about this cemetery and it Will be finished in the the summer of 2015.∼Entered the service from Montana.
Over 1,200 men and women were buried in the GELA Cemetery. I am writing a book about this cemetery and it Will be finished in the the summer of 2015.∼Entered the service from Montana.
Lt Col. Wilbur H. Wood was a crewmember of B-25 medium bomber, tail-number 41-29684. The plane and crew belonged to Headquarters Squadron, 12th Bomb Group. On 16 October 1943 the plane crashed into the east slope of Mount Etna, near Catania Sicily. All crewmembers were killed in the crash. All men were buried in the temporary American GELA Cemetery in Sicily.
Over 1,200 men and women were buried in the GELA Cemetery. I am writing a book about this cemetery and it Will be finished in the the summer of 2015.∼Entered the service from Montana.
Over 1,200 men and women were buried in the GELA Cemetery. I am writing a book about this cemetery and it Will be finished in the the summer of 2015.∼Entered the service from Montana.
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LT COL, HQ, 12 AAF BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
