Clarence Edwin Schuchmann
Military"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x missions. On his very first combat mission his radio operator was killed by a piece of flak in the forehead.
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC) ,WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Homesick Angel
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Skunk Hollow
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: G I Virgin
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fayette County, IA, USA | 28 October 1918 | Son of Otto G. and Blanche Lillian [Swale] Schuchmann. |
Enlisted |
Des Moines, IA, USA | 11 April 1942 | Des Moines, Iowa |
Other Battle damaged deadstick landing |
Glatton, Huntingdon PE28 5RR, UK | 25 February 1944 | Lost three engines, and in making a down wind landing, with another ship landing from the opposite direction, lost the fourth engine and made a dead stick landing. The other craft made a touch-and-go landing, avoiding a collision. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
21 August 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Hawkeye, IA 52147, USA | 17 May 2006 | |
Buried |
West Union Cemetery West Union, Fayette County, IA | 20 May 2006 | West Union Cemetery West Union, Fayette County, Iowa |
Based |
Glatton | Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia