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Roland "Bud" Wolfe (January 12, 1918 – January 28, 1994), was an American pilot who parachuted from an RAF Spitfire plane into a peat bog on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland, on 30 November 1941. The incident initiated a diplomatic row between Britain and Ireland.
Jun 28, 2011 · The pilot was 23-year-old Roland "Bud" Wolfe, an RAF officer from 133 "Eagle" Squadron, a unit entirely composed of Americans. Bud himself was from Nebraska, one of a...
Aug 6, 2011 · Spitfire treasure retrieved from Donegal bog. 6 August 2011. Bud Wolfe joined the RAF and was based at Eglinton in 1941. The tail wheel of a WWII Spitfire has finally made it home to the runway...
Dec 1, 2011 · Rowland ‘Bud' Wolfe was a 23-year-old pilot from Nebraska flying over Gleneely on November 30 1942 when his plane developed engine trouble.
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Jun 29, 2011 · The excavation, at Moneydarragh, Co Donegal, yesterday was the latest chapter in the story of American pilot Roland “Bud” Wolfe, who parachuted from the aircraft into a diplomatic row between...
Nov 10, 2011 · This was the place where, in 1941, Roland "Bud" Wolfe, an American pilot flying a British RAF Spitfire, paid for by a wealthy Canadian industrialist, had experienced engine failure while...
This is the story of Roland "Bud" Wolfe, who found himself trapped in an internment camp in Ireland from 1941 to 1943. Ireland was a neutral during the war a...
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