USN
USS Yorktown
Pilot Ensign Owen
Hintz, 0290489, USNR (Iowa) (MIA / KIA)
Gunner Dick
Woellhof (MIA / KIA)
Shot Down July
4, 1944
Pilot History
Hintz earned the Air Medal
Mission History
Took off 66 miles from Chi
Chi Jima. Shot down by anti-aircraft fire while dive bombing over
the Harbor. Dick Woellhof was captured by the Japanese and executed.
Memorials
The names of this crew are listed at Tablets of missing an Honolulu, Hawaii.
References
Flyboys tells the story of this aircrew
Thanks to Phil Fazzini for Hintz details.
SBC
MIA
