Moon High School's Fallen Veterans: First Lieutenant Woodrow Wilson Cole

About this story

A Hometown Histories profile of First Lieutenant Woodrow Wilson Cole, part of Moon High School’s Fallen Veterans series.

It's January 21st, 1944, and First Lieutenant Woodrow Wilson Cole (often listed as Woodrow W. Cole) — Moon High School, class of 1936 — is the bombardier aboard the B-24 Liberator Liberty Belle, flying a mission against V-1 sites at Agathe d’Aliermont, France. Flak finds the aircraft, and they turn for England.

The hometown connection

This production is part of the original Moon Township body of work that launched Hometown Histories. The catalog is built so stories from other hometowns can join it later.

Sources & further reading

• American Air Museum — Woodrow W Cole
• American Air Museum — B-24 42-99970
• Moon High School, The Flame, 1936