Kenneth Harry Schrader
MilitaryAssigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Homer Anderson crew.
Returned from Vienna 16-Mar-45, crash landing B-17 #44-6325. RTD MACR 13059
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19163647 / O-771647
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Olney, IL | 28 October 1924 | Son of Harry H and Ethel Mae [Read] Schrader. |
Enlisted |
9 April 1943 | ||
Other Discharged USAAF |
3 November 1945 | ||
Died |
Newton, IL | 1 March 1999 | |
Buried |
Westlawn Cemetery, Newton, IL | 5 March 1999 | Westlawn Cemetery Newton, Jasper County, Illinois |
Based |
Sterparone | Assigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |