Henry Stewart Schaub

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters before the IP on a mission to Oschersleben on 22-Feb-44 in B-17 41-24490 'Jack the Ripper. ' Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2640





Awards: PH

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James Ignatius Considine

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803516
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 91st Bomb Group plan their next raid in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-C, serial number 41-24490) nicknamed "Jack the Ripper". Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 1 Feb 1943' [stamp] and '246367' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Some of the airmen from America who are taking part in the daily raids on enemy occupied territory and Germany in their giant high altitude aircraft the 'Flying Fortress' capable of carrying a 11,000 [this has been amended by censor

41-24490

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jack The Ripper
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Utica, New York, USA 24 February 1918 Son of Henry Charles and Catherine J [Arheilger] Schaub.

Enlisted

Albany, NY 11 June 1942 Albany, New York

Died

Gremmendorf, Germany 22 February 1944 Shot down by fighters before the IP on a mission to Oschersleben on 22-Feb-44 in B-17 41-24490 'Jack the Ripper. ' Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2640

Buried

New Forest Cemetery Utica, Oneida County, NY New Forest Cemetery Utica, Oneida County, New York

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bassingbourn 22 February 1944 Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310770918
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41600819/henry-stewart-schaub

Date
ContributorWW2 Researcher Bill Beigel
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Sources

IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2640 / MACR 2640, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database