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WOHL, David Phillip Jr - Date of
birth
23 January 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
St. Louis, Missouri -
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-748049 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
710th Bombardment Squadron,
447th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 March 1944 - Place of
death
Wesermünde-Bremerhaven, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
David P. Wohl Sr. (father)
Charlyn (Hartman) Wohl (mother)
Frances Wohl (sister)
Elizabeth Wohl (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31112 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Paper Doll
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial areas
MACR: 2887
More information
2nd Lt Wohl attended William and Mary College when he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Richmond, Virginia on 27 June 1942.The mission of the day was to bomb industrial areas in Berlin. Due to deteriorating weather and dense contrails, the formations had to abort the mission. They turned back for home and crossed another formation. The airplane collided head-on with airplane 42-38075 and crashed with the loss of all on board both planes.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Eddie Dubiel, www.wwiimemorial.com, MACR, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Star and Times, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree
Photo source: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Eddie Dubiel