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Leonard Earl Wood


World War II · US Navy · Lieutenant

Rank: Lieutenant
United States of America
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Thumbnail for mexico acc.jpegAdded by: bgcarr902Accident Report for 9 August 1943
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Thumbnail for wood first ditching.jpegAdded by: bgcarr902Accident Report for 4 August 1943
Thumbnail for wood aar pg1.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902"Aircraft Action Report" 20 Jul 1944 (pg 1 of 5)
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Thumbnail for crenshaw copahee.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Deck log USS Copahee Aug 4th 1943
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Thumbnail for tulagi jan 1944 pg1.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902USS Tulagi (CVE-72) muster report. Ltjg Wood and seven new VT-1 pilots didn't join the squadron until late January 1944. They met the squadron at Kaneohe.
Thumbnail for wood marker app.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Application for grave marker. Lt Wood's was initially buried on Guam. On October 22nd 1949 he was reinterred at Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville Kansas.
Thumbnail for Wood marker.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Lt Leonard Earl Wood's marker at Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville Kansas.