Harry Anthony Schwaebe
MilitaryAssigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on mission to Oschersleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17 42-5360 'War Bride'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1032
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38219554
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17035972
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Faithful : War Bride
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St Louis, MO | 20 May 1916 | Son of Edna Schwaebe. |
Enlisted |
Robertson, MO | 23 December 1940 | Robertson, Missouri |
Other Bailed out |
Oschersleben, Germany | 11 January 1944 | Shot down on mission to Oschersleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17 42-5360 'War Bride'. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 11 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Discharged USAF |
28 February 1961 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
San Diego, CA | 26 February 2002 | |
Missouri | |||
Based |
Molesworth | 11 January 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, CA | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
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Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1926, 8th AF Losses