Fritz E Wolf

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Fritz E Wolf

These are news paper clippings that Fritz's Mother clipped from news papers. The news paper clippings tell the story about Fritz Wolf and his Squadron VBF-3. They were the first Naval Aviators to bomb targets on mainland Japan. Fritz lead two fighter sweeps on Feb 16th, 1945. His squadron shot down 24 Japanese aircraft and received the Presidential Unit Citation and Fritz received the Distinguish Flying Cross.

Date & Place: February 16, 1945

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Fritz E Wolf Feb 8, 1916 - Apr 24, 1997 Middleton, Wisconsin

Fritz William Emil Wolf of Middleton, Dane County, WI was born on February 8, 1916 in Shawano, Shawano County, and died at age 81 years old on April 24, 1997 in Middleton, Dane County. Fritz Emil was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery Sunset Blvd, in Shawano, Shawano County.

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