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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Richard Oliver Wolfe

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

North Plainfield, New Jersey

Honored By

Alexander Jacobs, Jr.

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 322ND BOMB GROUP, 452ND BOMB SQUADRON. PILOT ON A B-26 MARAUDER BOMBER THAT EXPERIENCED A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER B-26 BOMBER WHILE ON A MISSION TO BOMB POWER PLANTS NEAR HAARLEM, HOLLAND AND CRASHED NEAR BODEGRAVEN, HOLLAND ON MARCH 17, 1943. AWARDED PURPLE HEART.