Russell Haynes Wolfe

Military

Russell Wolfe was Bombardier on board B-17 #44-6004 'Ronny Boy' which crashed near Merseburg, Germany on 24 August 1944. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

379th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

527th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald Blexrud Bruns

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16056608 at enlistment, then O-758530
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Harry C Dupee

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31280258
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Marvin E Gammons

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Raymond L Grow

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Thomas Jewell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

44-6004

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Ronny Boy
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	2 February 1924	Ohio (The German KU report 2805 has 9 February…)
Enlisted	14 December 1942	in the Air Corps in Columbus, Ohio
Other Bailed out	24 August 1944	over Merseburg, Germany from B-17 44-6004. Landed near Burgstaden and was immediately captured
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	24 August 1944	Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland; force-marched from there at the end of January 1945. Liberated at Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany by US troops 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW database : “Returned to Military Control 14 June 1945.”
Died	13 March 2006	in Willoughby, Ohio
		Tiffin, Ohio

Revisions

Date2 Jan 2019 16:42:48

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 8284
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:48

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8284 / MACR 8284/son; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 318 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database