Tale of courage as enemy attack causes 100th BG pilot to become POW at Stalag Luft III

Barbara and 1st Lt. Robert “Bob” Wolff walk down the aisle after getting married July 8, 1945, in California. Wolff was a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts, England, during World War II, and kept as a prisoner-of-war at Stalag Luft III, Germany, for approximately 18 months. He and Barb married a few months after he returned home to California, and are still together 77 years later. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Phelps and Bob Wolff)

PHOTO BY: Photo courtesy of Bob Wolff and Nancy Phelps
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