Chester R. WOOLFE

 

woolfe chester r
NUMBER OF SERVICE35036742
AGE25 yo
DATE OF BIRTH27 May 1918
Moxahala, Perry County, OHIO
ETATPerry OHIO
FAMILY

Single

RANKSergeant
FONCTION

Ground Crew

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTUnskilled occupations in production of glass and glass productsOH
DATE of ENLISTEMENT25  September 1942 Fort Hayes Columbus OHIO
 SQUADRON68th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP44th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH27 August 1943woolfe chester raymond tombe 1
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATH3 km from the Brest Peninsula
DATA PLAN 

B-24 Liberator - type D-95-CO - s/n 42-40767 YO*G

"Bad Penny"

B 24 Liberator

Macr: 12266

Mission: Reinforcing crew convoy to England

Takeoff Marrakech, MAROC

Attacked by Fighter and Fuel Failure 

Plane Too Low to Evacuate

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
F153
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

 

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

usaf  8air force  44bg 66bs
STORY
woolfe chester raymond 

 woolfe chester raymond

Source : American WW2 Memorial Brest


Crew of  B-24 Liberator - type D-95-CO - s/n 42-40767 YO*G

"Bad Penny"

 

2nd Lieutenant Dwaine Clinton LIGHTER Pilot Prisoner  O-520632 - Iowa - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12
2nd Lieutenant Dale E REINARD Co Pilot Prisoner  O-522724 - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12
2nd Lieutenant Sherwood V WILLIAMS Navigator Dead MIA - Mem Calvary Cem. Blue Earth, Minnesota  O-729687 - Né le 22/01/1914 - Tué dans l'avion par obus 20mm
2nd Lieutenant Lars F. SCHULTZ Bomber Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-735932 - AM/PH -  MASSACHUSETTS 
T/Sergeant Charles W SPEECE Radio Dead New Caledonia Cem. Caledonia, Marion Co, Ohio  35401619 - 23 ans - Né le 10/05/1920
T/Sergeant Thomas L. SHAVER Mechanic/Gunner Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  14120849 - AM/PH  - Né le 16/10/1910 - ARKANSAS
S/Sergeant Claude H.  Jr MITCHELL   Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  18036992 - AM/PH - Texas
S/Sergeant Alfred E POITRAS Gunner Dead MIA - St Hyacinth Cem. Westbrook, Maine  31152328 - Né le 02/04/1921 - MAINE
S/Sergeant John E. STOUT Gunner Dead Cim Brit Am St-James  35493173 - AM/PH - KENTUCKY
S/Sergeant Herbert W. HURST Gunner Dead Cim Brit Am St-James  31082411 - AM/PH - MASSACHUSETTS
M/Sergeant Charles L KRONBERG Passenger Prisoner   37038977 - 389eBG/564eBS - NEBRASKA - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silésie
T/Sergeant Edward L. KELLER Passenger Dead Cim Brit Am St-James  14063239 - 93eBG/328eBS - PH - LOUISIANA
Sergeant Howard S. HAAF Passenger Dead MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James  18081540 - 44eBG/506eBS - PH - Fort Worth, TEXAS
Sergeant Chester R. WOOLFE Passenger Dead Cim Brit Am St-James  35036742 - 44eBG/68eBS - PH - New Lexington, OHIO
Sergeant Manuel H WEEMS Passenger Dead Fairview Cem. Shawnee, Oklahoma  18053825 - 44eBG/68eBS - Né le 11/09/1916 - Shawnee, OKLAHOMA - Corps retrouvé 18/9/1943
42 40767 b24 bad penny 42 40767 stele
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Abmc.gov - Aad.archives.gov - Findagrave.com - American WW2 Memorial  Brest
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