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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.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 351st Bomb Group
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: AM, GC, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Group
The 351st Bomb Group flew strategic bombing missions from their base at Polebrook, Northamptonshire from April 1943 to June 1945. The Group's most famous member was Hollywood actor Clark Gable, who flew four/ five missions with them as an observer...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Mid Continental Airways Modification Center, Denver 28/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Syracuse 2/1/44; Presque Is 4/1/44;
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Military site : airfield
Polebrook was laid down for RAF Bomber Command use in 1940-1941. Built by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd, it had short runways which were lengthened for USAAF heavy bomber use. The RAF used the base for operational trials - including of B-17 Flying...
Other location
Other location
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| Born | Long Beach, California, USA | 17 October 1916 |
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Son of Lorin Orville and Minnie Wolffe. |
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| Enlisted | Los Angeles, CA | 17 December 1942 |
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Los Angeles, California |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 22 February 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 5 December 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | 28 January 1988 | |
| Buried | Forest Lawn Memorial Park Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA | February 1988 |
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 October 2021 19:12:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28615377 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:19:04 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 |
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