Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 18 Mar 1943

Raymond E. Bolle.

Waist Gunner · Howard Kleinsteuber · 330th Squadron · Of Jefferson County, AL.

Raymond E. Bolle
Serial No. 14066349

The man.

§ Biography

On March 18, 1943, a B-24 called Hot Freight flew out on a mission to the Vegesack shipbuilding works in Germany. Flying in the diamond position of the lead element was a man from Jefferson County, Alabama. The records list him as Bolle, though some accounts carried the name Bell.

The mission drew fighter attacks. ME-110s came at them from the front while anti-aircraft fire rose from below. The plane was hit hard and went down west of Seefield, Germany.

He was killed in the crash.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Position
Waist Gunner
Serial Number
14066349
Hometown
Jefferson County, AL