James Edward Schneider
Military
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UPL 38314
"Brigadier General Robert Travis with lead crew on a bombing mission to Stuttgart, Germany, pose in front of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 303rd Bomb Group, England. 6 September 1943."
Rear L-R: S/Sgt James E Schneider, S/Sgt Paul C Robillard, F/O Robert H Halpin, 1Lt Norman Nels Jacobsen, Maj Lewis E Lyle, 1Lt Jack B Fawcett, Brig Gen Brig General Robert F Travis, 1Lt Lawrence E Effinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Frederick J Green, T/Sgt Lloyd E Nordyke, Sgt Shuble A Boling, 1Lt Spencer Frederick Case.
Rear L-R: S/Sgt James E Schneider, S/Sgt Paul C Robillard, F/O Robert H Halpin, 1Lt Norman Nels Jacobsen, Maj Lewis E Lyle, 1Lt Jack B Fawcett, Brig Gen Brig General Robert F Travis, 1Lt Lawrence E Effinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Frederick J Green, T/Sgt Lloyd E Nordyke, Sgt Shuble A Boling, 1Lt Spencer Frederick Case.
Assigned to 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Satan's Workshop
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Toledo, OH | 4 February 1920 | Son of George Schneider. |
Enlisted |
Detroit, Michigan | 21 May 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
Other Transferred |
1 October 1943 | James E. Schneider (612) was transferred from the 303rd Bomb Group to the 384th Bomb Group per paragraph 12, Special Order #13, Headquarters, 1st Bomb Division, 28 September 1943 and further assigned to the 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Order #107, 1 October 1943. | |
Wayne County, MI |
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Sources
https://www.fold3.com/image/32145855
https://www.fold3.com/record/84390611-james-e-schneider
http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/067.pdf
Service number 17064877 relates to Brumback, Charles E
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-rs.html#R