Lawrence E Wolfe
MilitaryShot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229677 'Battlin B. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Wolfe was supposed to be on leave. Burned and with a parachute weakened by fire inside the plane, he somehow landed safely enough to be picked up by a German boat. He was hospitalized for 6 weeks then moved to Stalag Luft 3. He flew on Alden Mann crew. He completed 4 missions.
52 years later at a ceremony at March AFB CA - and thanks to the efforts of his co-pilot's widow - Lawrence got his Purple Heart.
POW, PH,
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Battlin b
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Maryland | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
15 May 1943 |
Revisions
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, MACR 16059 Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 121 by Bishop and Hey, First Over Germany pp. 114-5 by Russell Strong , NARA POW database, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16060 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database