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'''Roland 'Bud' Wolfe''' |
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'Bud' Wolfe was an [[United States|American]] [[pilot]] who parachuted from an [[RAF]] [[Spitfire]] plane into a [[peat]] [[bog]] on the [[Inishowen peninsula]] in County [[Donegal]], [[Ireland]], on Sunday, November 30, [[1941]]. The incident initiated a diplomatic row between Britain and Ireland. |
'Bud' Wolfe was an [[United States|American]] [[pilot]] who parachuted from an [[RAF]] [[Spitfire]] plane into a [[peat]] [[bog]] on the [[Inishowen peninsula]] in County [[Donegal]], [[Ireland]], on Sunday, November 30, [[1941]]. The incident initiated a diplomatic row between Britain and Ireland.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13924720</ref> |
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The 23-year old, a member of [[No. 133 Squadron RAF]], originally from [[Nebraska]], |
The 23-year old, a member of [[No. 133 Squadron RAF]], originally from [[Nebraska]], was on convoy patrol when his engine overheated, eight miles from his RAF base at [[Eglinton]] -- now [[City of Derry Airport]]. Realizing he would certainly crash, he radioed back to base with a last message: "I'm going over the side."<ref>http://www.independent.ie/national-news/wreckage-of-raf-spitfire-dug-up-after-70-years-in-donegal-bog-2808282.html</ref> He then pushed back the Spitfire's canopy, released his safety harnesses and jumped out of the plane. |
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The single-seat plane soared down a steep, heather-covered valley before plunging deep into the peat. Seventy years later in 2011, historian Jonny McNee began searching for the missing Spitfire, following numerous failed attempts by others, and in June 2011 discovered the wreckage near [[Moneydarragh]], Co Donegal. |
The single-seat plane soared down a steep, heather-covered valley before plunging deep into the peat. Seventy years later in 2011, historian Jonny McNee began searching for the missing Spitfire, following numerous failed attempts by others, and in June 2011 discovered the wreckage near [[Moneydarragh]], Co Donegal. |
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A team of archaeologists from [[Queen's University Belfast]] also found the plane's six [[Browning]] .303 [[machine guns]] and about a thousand rounds of ammunition buried 30 feet deep. |
A team of archaeologists from [[Queen's University Belfast]] also found the plane's six [[Browning]] .303 [[machine guns]] and about a thousand rounds of ammunition buried 30 feet deep. |
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Wolfe had made common cause with the British war effort, before the US’s entry into the second World War, and as a consequence had been stripped of his US citizenship.<ref>http://www.hmforces.co.uk/news/articles/8297-secrets-of-spitfire-that-crashed-70-years-ago?page=3</ref> The RAF pilot was interned at the [[Curragh]] army camp in Southern Ireland |
Wolfe had made common cause with the British war effort, before the US’s entry into the second World War, and as a consequence had been stripped of his US citizenship.<ref>http://www.hmforces.co.uk/news/articles/8297-secrets-of-spitfire-that-crashed-70-years-ago?page=3</ref> The RAF pilot was interned at the [[Curragh]] army camp in Southern Ireland. On December 13, 1941, he walked out of camp, caught the train from Dublin to Belfast and was back at his RAF base at Eglinton within hours. However he was subsequently arrested by his own side and held for 10 days while the authorities in England and Ireland debated how to handle his escape. |
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He also served in Korea and Vietnam and eventually died in 1994. He retired as a Lt. Col. |
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The dig was filmed by [[Derry]]-based TV company [[360 Productions]] for a [[BBC]] series on military archaeology, and the Spitfire plane is preserved at the Tower Museum in Derry. |
The dig was filmed by [[Derry]]-based TV company [[360 Productions]] for a [[BBC]] series on military archaeology, and the Spitfire plane is preserved at the Tower Museum in Derry. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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== External links == |
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* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ykyTyJNcQ5QC&lpg=PA112&dq=%22Roland%20L%20Wolfe%22&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q=%22Roland%20L%20Wolfe%22&f=false Grounded In Eire, The Story of Two RAF Fliers Interned in Ireland during World War II] |
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* [http://library.uncg.edu/dp/wv/results5.aspx?i=3630&s=5 Oral history interview with Barbara Wolfe Kucharczyk, 2003] |
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* [http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=25918 12 O'Clock High Forum] |
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Roland 'Bud' Wolfe
'Bud' Wolfe was an American pilot who parachuted from an RAF Spitfire plane into a peat bog on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland, on Sunday, November 30, 1941. The incident initiated a diplomatic row between Britain and Ireland.[1]
The 23-year old, a member of No. 133 Squadron RAF, originally from Nebraska, was on convoy patrol when his engine overheated, eight miles from his RAF base at Eglinton -- now City of Derry Airport. Realizing he would certainly crash, he radioed back to base with a last message: "I'm going over the side."[2] He then pushed back the Spitfire's canopy, released his safety harnesses and jumped out of the plane.
The single-seat plane soared down a steep, heather-covered valley before plunging deep into the peat. Seventy years later in 2011, historian Jonny McNee began searching for the missing Spitfire, following numerous failed attempts by others, and in June 2011 discovered the wreckage near Moneydarragh, Co Donegal.
A team of archaeologists from Queen's University Belfast also found the plane's six Browning .303 machine guns and about a thousand rounds of ammunition buried 30 feet deep.
Wolfe had made common cause with the British war effort, before the US’s entry into the second World War, and as a consequence had been stripped of his US citizenship.[3] The RAF pilot was interned at the Curragh army camp in Southern Ireland. On December 13, 1941, he walked out of camp, caught the train from Dublin to Belfast and was back at his RAF base at Eglinton within hours. However he was subsequently arrested by his own side and held for 10 days while the authorities in England and Ireland debated how to handle his escape.
He also served in Korea and Vietnam and eventually died in 1994. He retired as a Lt. Col.
The dig was filmed by Derry-based TV company 360 Productions for a BBC series on military archaeology, and the Spitfire plane is preserved at the Tower Museum in Derry.