Ray Robert Woltman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: Unk, 2Lt Ray R. Woltman, 2Lt William Feinstein, 2Lt John R McCormick
Front L-R: Unk, S/Sgt William G Logan, Sgt Charles Fellows, Sgt William F. "Bill" Garner, S/Sgt Reynaldo Garcia, S/Sgt Joseph F Stritch
Object Number - UPL 36945 - McCormic's crew of the 8th AF 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 23 January 1945. Rear L-R: Unk, 2Lt Ray R. Woltman, 2Lt...
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. 26+ combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Kahlstorf, Germany, 3-Feb-45, in B-17 42-97387 'Maude an Maria'. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12214
Awards: AM (4 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16167048 / O-825668
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32962155
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37619842
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio | 26 September 1921 | Son of George F and Ruth E Woltman. |
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Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
Kahlstorf, Germany | 3 February 1945 | near Kahlstorf (Lehmke), Germany |
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Buried |
Lehmke, Germany | 3 February 1945 | at the Lehmke cemetery, Germany |
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery | 26 August 1949 | Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia Section: 34, Site: 3491 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nuthampstead | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12214 / MACR 12214, Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Streitfeld with picture of some crew members on p. 115 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database