Edgar Ellsworth Schooley Jr
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 47065 - S/Sgt Edgar Ellsworth Schooley Jr, 525BS, 379BG
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Tail gunner B-17 42-29787 'Wilder Nell II' shot down by flak, ditched North Sea a mile off Dutch coast. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1332.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793793
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wilder Nell II
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 334th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
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 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hamilton, Ohio, USA | 18 December 1921 | Son of Edgar Ellsworth Sr and Ida Mae [Wray] Schooley. |
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Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH | 5 October 1942 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 29 November 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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Died |
Dayton, Ohio | 12 March 2015 | |
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Buried |
Butler County Memorial Park Trenton, Butler County, OH | 14 March 2015 | Butler County Memorial Park Trenton, Butler County, Ohio |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 29 November 1943 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
https://www.fold3.com/image/28691226
https://www.fold3.com/record/89098005/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hamilton/obituary.aspx?n=edgar-school…
https://www.browndawsonflick.com/obituary/Edgar-SchooleyII
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143668577/edgar-schooley
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1332; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 287
MACR 1332 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
