Lorin Albert Wolfe

Military

Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bernburg in B-17 42-31612 22-Feb-44; shot down by flak, crew baled out and pilot made a wheels up landing near Aachen. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2657



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

People

William Herbert Ritzema

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36159440 / O-803734
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31612

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Long Beach, California, USA 17 October 1916 Son of Lorin Orville and Minnie Wolffe.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 17 December 1942 Los Angeles, California

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 22 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Discharged USAAF

5 December 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

28 January 1988

Buried

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA Forest Lawn Memorial Park Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2657 / MACR 2657, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database