James Cornelius Schwarz
Military
KU-1058 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139535276
Object Number - UPL 41931 - James Schwarz’ Air Medal from KU-1058 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139535276 (NARA)
T/Sgt James Schwarz was Radio Operator on B-17 #42-31606 shot down on a mission to Berlin on 4 March 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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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: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746873
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20540594 at enlistment, then O-748706
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32382781
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15070899 / O-665749
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
5 December 1915 | Lebanon, Illinois | |
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Enlisted |
12 August 1942 | East Saint Louis, Illinois | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 3 April 1944 - 21 June 1945 | captured after parachuting from B-17 #42-31606 on a mission to Berlin. Interned at Stalag Luft 3. NARA WWII POW records: "Returned to Military Control 21 June 1945." |
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Died |
26 August 1982 | ||
| Belleville, St Clair County, Illinois |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft card
SSDI - Social Security Death Index
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2739 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=6515
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=6515;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
MACR 1334 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
