Merle Frank Wolf

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Merle 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

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

People

Benjamin O Byers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190737
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Richard W Duer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13042736
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Frederick A Grenwis

  • 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

James J Haggerty

  • 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

Jack E Lang

  • 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

42-41004

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Urgin Virgin
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

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

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ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 2182
WWII Enlistment Records
WWII Draft card
ABMC website

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ContributorED-BB
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Sources

Added a “ ’ ” at Urgin in the Summary biography – Source : Wallace R. Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory"

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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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