Paul Joseph Schmalenbach
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 25-Jun-43 in B-17 42-30038 'Bar Fly'. Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 270
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16068730
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730223
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731361
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60862
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31079618
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bar Fly
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 31 January 1920 | Son of Herman J and Anna Schmalenbach. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 18 December 1941 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died |
North Sea | 25 June 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) 25-Jun-43 in B-17 42-30038 'Bar Fly'. Shot down, plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 270 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 25 June 1943 | Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303577/paul-j-schmalenbach
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 270 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database