World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Stanford G. Wolfson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
University City, Missouri
Honored By
Joe Arsena
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON OCTOBER 15, 1942. SERVED AS A BOMBER PILOT. ATTACHED TO THE 335TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 95TH BOMB GROUP, STATIONED AT HORHAM AIRFIELD IN SUFFOLK, ENGLAND. COMPLETED 18 MISSIONS FLYING BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESSES. ON NOVEMBER 5, 1944, WAS CO-PILOT ON A MISSION TO LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY. THE BOMBER WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FLAK OVER THE TARGET AREA AND ORDERS TO BAIL OUT WERE GIVEN BY THE PILOT. LANDED IN THE PFALZER WALD FOREST ABOUT 12 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST OF KAISERSLAUTERN. WAS PICKED UP BY MEMBERS OF THE CRIMINAL POLICE FROM KAISERSLAUTERN. ON THE JOURNEY TO KAISERSLAUTERN, WAS TAKEN TO A WOODED AREA AND KILLED. BURIED AT THE KAISERSLAUTERN CEMETERY. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART.