Serviceman
Cornelius Wolk
817th
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 16113860
- Rank
- CPL (23 September 1944), SSGT (20 October 1944), Sgt. (11 December 1944), S/Sgt (14 December 1944), SSGT (2 February 1945), SSGT (21 March 1945)
- Hometown
- DETROIT MI; Detroit MI; Detroit, MI
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 113
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- John A. Jarrett Crew · 817th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1944 | Air Medal | 3567 | CPL |
| 20 October 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 4065 | SSGT |
| 2 February 1945 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 473 | SSGT |
| 21 March 1945 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 1597 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Aboard a lost aircraft
- MACR 10129 · 44-8111 Kitty Ann · 11 December 1944 · mission 135, 11 December 1944
Morning reports
1 entry, first 14 December 1944, last 14 December 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-12-14 817th: Above 5 Os 5 EM MIA 11 Dec We are hereby dropped from rolls. On mission to bomb Moosbierbaum, Austria. Plane was still in
National Archives pages: roll 579002584 p. 3977
Statements, mentions and histories
- 14 more statements from MACR 10129 are on the loss record.
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