Albert C Schaeffler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters on mission to Halberstadt on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17 #42-30782. Killed in Action (KIA).



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, PH

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30782

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

11 January 1944

Born

Woodward, Oklahoma, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, B-17-17

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 11 January 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1931 / MACR 1931, 8th AF Losses, WWII Memorial / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database