Alvin G Schuering

Military

After fighter and flak attacks on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37953 made an emergency landing SW of Steinhuder Lake, GR. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. He was shot down on his 26th mission.



POW/AM w 3/Oak Leaf Clusters; DFC; AFCM: JCSM: LOM; ADSM; ACM; GLM; EAME; WW II VM; Afoua w/1/Oak Leaf Cluster;

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

2 June 1990

Born

Quincy, Illinois, USA

Buried

Wheaton, Illinois

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 29 March 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Contributoracschuering
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Alvin G Schuering retired after a career in the Air Force with the rank of Colonel.

‘Alan Schuering 

Son of Alvin G Schuering 

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to Thurleigh, the home base for the 306th Bomb Group.
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 3480, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Combat Crews pg. 103, First Over Germany pg. 228-230 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3480 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database