Harry Anthony Schwaebe

Military

Assigned 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

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • 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

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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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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