Ralph W Woolner

Military
An airman of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group with his pet crow. Image via R Woolner. Written on slide casing: 'Chalgrove, 1944.' media-395745.jpg FRE 7001 Ralph "Jack" Woolner of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group with his pet crow. Image via R Woolner. Written on slide casing: 'Chalgrove, 1944.' Roger Freeman Collection

Transferred biographical details added to caption by Robert Keller to Woolner's person record.

Object Number - FRE 7001 - Ralph "Jack" Woolner of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group with his pet crow. Image via R Woolner. Written on slide casing: 'Chalgrove,...

Ralph Woolner served with the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.



Later in life, he sent British aviation historian Roger Freeman copies of photos he had taken while in service in Europe. These now form part of IWM's Roger Freeman Collection.



Jack's relative who knew him in the 60's a recalled: 'He had a bathtub in his back yard filled with water, I never really understood that, and he raised bees and packaged honey too. .. In Massachusetts he worked for the Dept of Fisheries and Game, Photographic Dept. They would stock the streams with Brook Trout for us kids to catch. He did TV shows about fishing and was well known as a sport fisherman. Jack and his brother Frank made and sold surf fishing lures.'

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Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Furth-Atzenhof

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Worcester, MA 5 March 1920

Died

15 September 2010

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Robert Keller's memories of Jack, originally added to image caption of FRE 7001

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ContributorLucy May
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