Ivan L Schraeder

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

SSgt. U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II-SSgt. Schraeder was killed in action on his 25th mission on 4-20-1945 while flying as an aerial gunner on B-17 44-6374 with the 49th Bomber Squadron of the 2nd Bomber Group, and they went down in the area of Vipteno, Italy.



He was once shot down during a raid over France in 1944, and managed to get home to England with the help of the French underground, and he made his way back through Spain and England.

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Units served with

2nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

49th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30362

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

44-6374

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Evaded

9 September 1943

Other

Killed in action

20 April 1945

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

MACR 13815

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56366481/ivan-leonard-schraeder;
https://388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-SCH17-01&…

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html