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Personal info

Full name
WULFEKUHLE, Edwin Conrad
Date of birth
19 December 1919
Age
23
Place of birth
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
Hometown
Clayton County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37110772
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner/Assistant Engineer
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
28 July 1943
Place of death
North Sea

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Aloysius Wulfekuhle (father)
Cecilia (Vonderhaar) Wulfekuhle (mother)
Viola Wulfekuhle (sister)
Vervain Wulfekuhle (sister)
Bernice Wulfekuhle (sister)
Vergill Wulfekuhle (brother)
Marita M. Wulfekuhle (sister)
Ruth L. (Thompson) Wulfekuhle (wife)
Edmund R. Wulfekuhle (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30355
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Dallas Rebel
Destination: Warnemunde, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 141

More information

S/Sgt Edwin C. Wulfekuhle enlisted in the Air Corps on 30 November 1941.

He bailed out over the North Sea. Enemy aircraft, crashed in the North Sea, NW of Frisian Islands. Three of the planes in the formation were observed going down in flames over the North Sea.

Source of information: FOHF, The Telegraph-Herald - Aug 29, 1944, www.findagrave.com - Cheryl Locher Moonen, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1925/1940 Census / Miller Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Cheryl Locher Moonen, www.americanairmuseum.com