Merle Frank Wolf
Military ROLL OF HONOURMerle Wolf was Top Turret Gunner on B-24D #42-41004 “The Urgin' Virgin” which was lost in the North Sea on 13 November 1943 mission to Bremen, Germany, with all 11 men onboard still missing. Killed In Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190737
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13042736
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35013607 at enlistment, then O-734896
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13011885
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17031466
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Urgin Virgin
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
3 February 1920 | Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | |
Enlisted |
23 September 1941 | Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
13 November 1943 | in the ditching in the North Sea of B-24D #42-41004 | |
Riverside, Cook County, Illinois | |||
Buried |
Merle Wolf is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
Added a “ ’ ” at Urgin in the Summary biography – Source : Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
ABMC; MACR 2182 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database