Joseph Ralph Woll

Military
media-50496.jpeg UPL 50496 2nd Lt Joseph Ralph Woll, 744BS, 456BG.

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Object Number - UPL 50496 - 2nd Lt Joseph Ralph Woll, 744BS, 456BG.

Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, A/C exploded. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6439



Awards: PH.



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Units served with

Nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-94866) nicknamed "Red Hot Riding Hood" of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. This aircraft was transferred to the 15th Air Force in December 1944, where it served with the 456th Bomb Group.

456th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-51077

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Emperor Jones
  • Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, IL 12 December 1917 Son of Joseph H Woll.

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 15 December 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died

Vicinity Budapest, Hungary 2 July 1944

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Sec: 12, Site: 6408

Based

Stornara 2 July 1944 Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF.

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Object number: UPL 50496 - 2nd Lt Joseph Ralph Woll, 744BS, 456BG.