Paul I Kleinschrodt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 26-Feb-43 in B-17F #42-5056 'Devil's Playmate', 305BG/364BS while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into North Sea between the Frisian Islands and Helgoland while on a mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Most of the crew were original members of the 305th

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devil's Playmate
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cmabridge American Cemetery.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Helgoland, Germany 26 February 1943 Killed when aricraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea between the Frisian Islands and Helgoland, Germany. His remains have never been recovered.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 21-Jun-2015. Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; MACR 15120; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event and location; Added A/C model number and Unit designations in Biography. Added loss details in Summary Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; and MACR 15120.

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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 15120 / MACR 15120, 305th BG, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The Brotherhood of Heroes by Thom p. 65 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database