(Jack Jenkins)
Maj. Val W. Bollwerk
(Jack Jenkins)
Maj. Val W. Bollwerk
338th FS - December 1943 - 11 June 1944 (Prisoner of War)
| Assigned Aircraft |
P-38J 42-104396 |
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| Mission History |
Not Known |
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| Air Scores |
2-1-3 |
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| Ground Scores |
1-0 |
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| Score Detail |
31 January 1944 Me-109 probable (air) Geldern 10 February 1944 Me-110 destroyed (air) Brunswick 18 March 1944 (3)Me-109 damaged (air) SE Strasbourg 21 May 1944 Hs-129 destroyed (ground) Helmstedt 11 June 1944 Me-109 destroyed (air) Beauvais |
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| Notes |
Born in St Loius, Missouri, 20 March 1918. MACR No.05575 2/ Lt. Lawrence J. Berry reported: "I was flying wingman for Major Bollwerk, over France, and we were weaving over another A/C which had been hit by flak; we sighted a Marshalling Yard to our right. Major Bollwerk motioned me to follow, and we both turned in toward the Marshalling Yard to strafe it. After a few bursts from our guns. I saw tracers coming at us, and Major Bollwerk's left engine started smoking, immediately there-after catching fire. He quickly descended and belly landed. I circled three times and saw him climb out of the A/C and start walking down a lane towards two peasants pushing a cart. I noticed that this section was wooded only a small degree, and there was a town dose by, approx. 2 miles, which I cannot positively identify, but believed it to be Beauvais." German report J 1378, gave Maj. Bollwerk's capture as near Beauvais.
(40 miles north or Paris, France). Major Bollwerk was sent to Stalag
Luft III, and then to Moosburg, Stalag Luft VII A. |
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