Frank E Wolf
Military
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UPL 17426
Crew #512/620
Frank E. Wolf Crew/B.B. Skaggs Crew
466th BG - 785th and 786th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: Kenneth C. Trescott (LWG), Carrol H. Lawrence (R/O), Loren D. Caskey (RWG), Vernon L. Zoff (TG), Eugene A. Lang (BTG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Frank E. Wolf (P), James H. Johnson (CP), Joseph H. Mollengraft (B), Herbert S. Cox (FE)
It appears that Wolf never lead this crew into combat. B.B. Skaggs took over the crew as pilot and Marney Mason took over as co-pilot. The crew with Skaggs and Mason in the cockpit were shot down on their 2nd mission, 11 April 1944. Herbert Cox was the only man to survive the shoot down. He was made P.O.W. The original co-pilot, James H. Johnson was KIA exactly one month later when he was shot down the John C. MacDonald Crew (Crew #519) exactly one month later on 11 May 1944. Frank Wolf was returned to flying status and led crew #548 for 27 missions from August 1944 to January 1945.
466th Bomb Group collection
Frank E. Wolf Crew/B.B. Skaggs Crew
466th BG - 785th and 786th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: Kenneth C. Trescott (LWG), Carrol H. Lawrence (R/O), Loren D. Caskey (RWG), Vernon L. Zoff (TG), Eugene A. Lang (BTG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Frank E. Wolf (P), James H. Johnson (CP), Joseph H. Mollengraft (B), Herbert S. Cox (FE)
It appears that Wolf never lead this crew into combat. B.B. Skaggs took over the crew as pilot and Marney Mason took over as co-pilot. The crew with Skaggs and Mason in the cockpit were shot down on their 2nd mission, 11 April 1944. Herbert Cox was the only man to survive the shoot down. He was made P.O.W. The original co-pilot, James H. Johnson was KIA exactly one month later when he was shot down the John C. MacDonald Crew (Crew #519) exactly one month later on 11 May 1944. Frank Wolf was returned to flying status and led crew #548 for 27 missions from August 1944 to January 1945.
466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
1st mission 5 April 1944; 33rd mission 2 January 1945. 8 members of my 1st crew were Killed in Action (KIA). One was a Prisoner of War (POW) for 13 months. My second crew finished without serious injury. As of 18 November 1999, only 6 of us are living.
Air Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ POW Medal
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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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12168685
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17060549
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-750996
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Biff Bam
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 October 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Gary, Indiana | 26 May 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Indianapolis, IN, USA | 28 June 1941 | Fort Benjamin Harrison |
Other Truckin' Gas Haul Mission |
Lille, France | 23 September 1944 | "I only flew one gas haul mission and it was nearly my last. I had a faulty inner supercharger on and engine and had to "pull" ol' "Biff Bam" off the runway, but she was a good old gal and behaved okay after we got some altitude. We got stuck in one of the bomb craters at Lille and were there for 3 days. " |
Gary, IN, USA | 920 West 5th Street | ||
Walkerton, IN 46574, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & Page 446 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)