Earl Telford DeWolf
Military
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UPL 44504
Robert C. Cozens Crew
95th BG - 334th BS
Back Row" Robert C. Cozens (P), James W. Reed (CP, Willard W. Brown (N), Earl t. DeWolf (B)
Middle Row: John C. Webb (FE), Robert G. Decker (R/O), Robert J. Nicholson (WG), Roy M. Ballard (BTG)
Front Row: Nicholas W. Biltcliffe (WG), John S. Burkot (TG) 95th Bomb Group collection
95th BG - 334th BS
Back Row" Robert C. Cozens (P), James W. Reed (CP, Willard W. Brown (N), Earl t. DeWolf (B)
Middle Row: John C. Webb (FE), Robert G. Decker (R/O), Robert J. Nicholson (WG), Roy M. Ballard (BTG)
Front Row: Nicholas W. Biltcliffe (WG), John S. Burkot (TG) 95th Bomb Group collection
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30817 'Miss Flower III', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730320
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727183
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Jimmie, Memphis Blues
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 358th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady liberty; Patsy Ann I
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook V
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Patsy Ann lll
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Flower III
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 26 September 1943
- Date: 26 September 1943
- Date: 23 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Bernadino, CA | 2 February 1921 | |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield, UK | 13 May 1943 - 10 October 1943 | Shot down on his 20th mission |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Steinfurt, Germany | 10 October 1943 | |
Other POW |
Zagan, Poland (then Sagan, Germany) | 15 October 1943 | Stalag Luft III (dates are approximate) |
Died |
Chula Vista, CA | 15 April 2007 | |
Buried |
San Diego, CA | 20 April 2007 | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1044