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Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean? - 08/23/2008 07:35:13 PM

I am not sure what the abbreviation stands for in this description in the book "The B-17 Flying Fortess Story by Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne"

41-2415 Del Salt Lake SAD 28/11/41; ass Hickam 10/11/42;
WO 11/15/44

Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean?

Thank you,

Sincerely yours,
PA.Dutchman

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djschmitt Total Posts : 212 Reward points : 538 Joined: 08/28/2002 Location: Sparks, NV Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options Re:Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean? - 08/23/2008 07:41:38 PM Hello PA Dutchman, WO = Written Off Take care, David Schmitt d.schmitt@prodigy.net son of 1st LT Donald J. Schmitt, USAAF, co-pilot assigned to 493rd BG/863rd BS at Debach, England from Nov 1944 thru May 1945

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Re:Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean? - 08/23/2008 08:03:16 PM

Thank you that must be why my wife keeps putting WO after my own name.

Seriously though thank you very much,

shooshoobaby Total Posts : 4000 Reward points : 632 Joined: 01/28/2006 Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options Re:Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean? - 08/24/2008 10:37:55 AM PA - There is a Legend of Abbreviations on Page 71. Mike

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Re:Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean? - 08/24/2008 12:29:08 PM

I appreciate that Shooshoobaby, I was in a rush to get this to someone who did not have a copy of the book.

The person did not see that two of the entries had a name at the end of them and questioned me about that.

I scanned the exact pages and entries that I typed to him and the names are there for two of the planes, not the third.

He had not seen this before he returned a copy he borrowed and now can not access.

Terry T. Total Posts : 1401 Reward points : 657 Joined: 08/07/2006 Location: California Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options Re:Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean? - 08/24/2008 01:29:44 PM Early days W/O was called Wash-Out, later changed to Right-Off.. Terry T.

bernies Total Posts : 783 Reward points : 239 Joined: 04/05/2005 Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options Re:Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean? - 08/24/2008 05:38:25 PM Perhaps Write-Off? Bernie Shearon Push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. Pull the stick back, the houses get smaller (unless you keep pulling -- then they get bigger again)

donall Total Posts : 318 Reward points : 702 Joined: 04/01/2003 Location: Pennsylvania Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options Re:Forgive me but what does WO 11/15/44 mean? - 08/24/2008 06:07:28 PM My long shots: War Office Wing Operations

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