Alvin G Schuering
MilitaryAfter 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
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
Alvin G Schuering retired after a career in the Air Force with the rank of Colonel.
‘Alan Schuering
Son of Alvin G Schuering
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).
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