Lawrence Miller Wolf
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiesbaden in B-17 43-37838 'Fearless Fosdick' 15-Aug-44; Mortally wounded in back by 20mm cannon round, A/C crashed near Beane. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8440
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13075742 / O-800906
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dallas County, TX | 11 January 1923 | Son of Lawrence August Wolf and Ruth Miller. |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 7 November 1942 | |
Other Commissioned |
Dallas, TX | 31 January 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
Died |
Wiesbaden, Germany | 15 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wiesbaden in B-17 43-37838 'Fearless Fosdick' 15-Aug-44; Mortally wounded in back by 20mm cannon round, A/C crashed near Beane. KIA MACR 8440 |
Buried |
West cemetery Reims | 16 August 1944 | Buried below starboard wing of B-17, exhumed by enemy and re-buried Reims (West) cemetery 16-Aug-44. Line III, grave 26. |
Based |
Molesworth | 15 August 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, TX | Restland Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, TX | |
Other Memorialised |
Beine-Nauroy, France | Memorialised on Beine-Nauroy town war memorial. - "In memory of 21-year old 2nd Lt Lawrence M. Wolf Bombardier of the B-17 flying fortress of the 358th Bomb Group USAAF who generously gave his life for France on Tuesday August 15th 1944 at Beine-Nauroy" |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8440 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database