Joe Schreppel

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media-34906.jpeg UPL 34906 Ssgt. Joe Schreppel
Tail gunner/ Jolley Roger 42-5886
548 BS. 385 BGH

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Object Number - UPL 34906 - Ssgt. Joe Schreppel Tail gunner/ Jolley Roger 42-5886 548 BS. 385 BGH

Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg in B-17 42-5886 'Jolly Roger' 17-Aug-43; A/C crashed 2 km SW of Wosnadrecht, Netherlands. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 387A



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793450
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-5886 The jolly roger
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Jolly Roger
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Girard, Kansas 28 November 1919

Died

SW of Wosnadrecht 17 August 1943

Buried

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium

Based

Great Ashfield 17 August 1943 Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 387A

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