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Melvin Clinton Wood
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Rank
Major, U.S. Air Force
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Date of Death
February 16, 1953
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Major Wood was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 80th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On February 16, 1953, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, he was unable to eject and the aircraft crashed. |
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