Elmer W Schwankl

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crew Number 5. Shot down by flak and crashed in the Channel on mission to V-sites near Calais, FR on 21 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37818 'Pub Pete. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37818) nicknamed "Pub Pete" of the 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390 BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pub Pete aka Dinah Mite
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Died

21 January 1944

Buried

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Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2270 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Schwankl%2C+Elmer+W

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2270, 8th AF Losses