Gilbert T Schowalter
MilitaryShot down 12 December 1942 in B-17 41-24585 'Wulf Hund' while serving as Navigator. Evaded. Particiated on 3 missions. (See Biography events)
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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
- Nicknames: Wulfe Hound
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Biggs Field, TX 79918, USA | 23 August 1942 | Assigned as Navigator of B-17F 42-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. |
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Other Arrived as Station |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 1942 | Arrived with B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund"303BG/360BS at Molesworth, UK. |
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Other Mission #1 1LT Gilbert T. Schowalter w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 42-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2 1LT Gilbert T. Schowalter w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 42-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Evaded Capture |
12 December 1942 - 26 January 1943 | Evaded capture and returned to England on 26-Jan-43. His evasion is documented on Escape & Evasion Report #8 which may be viewed at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-08.pdf | |
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Other Mission #3 1LT Gilbert T. Schowalter w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 42-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. Aircraft was battle damaged and pilot crashlanded it in a field in France. 1LT Schowalter managed to evade capture. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Correcting typo in Assigned to Aircraft date.
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian. Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian. Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian. Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paul F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added mission participation clause and made connections to all mission participation based on my reasearch of 303BG Mission Reports, 303BG webiste, Gary Moncur Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 10-Nov-2014, "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Escape & Evasion Report #9 http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-08.pdf
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 53