Robert E Schmielau
MilitaryShot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4230586. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. He was shot down on his 6th mission. Flew on Robert McDowell crew. He joined the group in January 1944.
POW
Post war he was plant manager for St Mary's Cement Co and a graduate of the University of Illinois.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
10 September 1995 | ||
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Born |
Oklahoma, USA | ||
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Buried |
Aurora, Illinois | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 |
Revisions
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 4239, NARA, First Over Germany pg. 236 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4239 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database