Melvin Harry Schueneman
Military ROLL OF HONOURShared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Asst crew chief of Clarence E 'Bud' Anderson. S/Sgt Melvin Schueneman was returning from France in an AT-6, after repairing P-51D "Little Joe". Lt Walter Corby and "Schunny" were killed as their A/C flew into bad weather returning to Leiston. Killed in service (KIS).
Awards: BS, Good Conduct, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (357th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-730324
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 357th Fighter Group 91st Bomb Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31109402
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: "Gunner" / Ground crew chief / Flight chief
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: AT-6 Texan/Harvard
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Old Crow Pretty Pix
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Joe
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Michigan, USA | 14 September 1919 | Son of Charles and Mary [Ahles] Schueneman. |
Other Killed in service |
Swingate, Dover CT15 5DW, UK | 27 January 1945 | Returning from France in an AT-6, after repairing P-51D "Little Joe". Lt Walter Corby and "Schunny" were killed as their A/C flew into bad weather returning to Leiston. Killed in service (KIS). |
Buried |
28 January 1945 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
St Clair County, MI, USA | |||
Based |
Leiston | 27 January 1945 | Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Enlisted |
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Buried |
Hillside cemetery St Clair, MI | Re-Interred Hillside cemetery St Clair, Michigan |
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http://www.militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=308781
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127860844/melvin-schueneman
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia