Harold Joseph Schwarz

Military

Assigned to 833BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of M White crew. Nose gunner on B-24, later Waist gunner on B-17. ETD

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Okarche, Oklahoma 3 November 1923 Born Okarche, Oklahoma

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 15 January 1943 Enlisted Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Died

Kingfisher, Oklahoma 7 January 2014 Died Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Buried

Holy Trinity Cemetery Okarche, Oklahoma 10 January 2014 Interred Holy Trinity Cemetery Okarche, Canadian County, Oklahoma

Revisions

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Updated his STATUS from "Civilian" to "Military" since his listed "Role/Job" is "Pilot, Navigator, Co-Pilot, Bombardier/Togglier, Radio Operator, Gunner or Flight Engineer".

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster