John E Schneider
MilitaryOn 8 September 1943 in B-24D 42-40790 479ASG/4ASS while serving as Co-Pilot the aircraft was shot down by German fighters over the Bay of Biscay while on anti-Submarine patrol. 3 crew members were rescued. Member of an antisubmarine squadron that was in the 8th 3 months and then transferred to the Navy
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group
Missions
- Date: 8 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Rescued by ASR |
Bay of Biscay | 8 September 1943 | Rescued by Air-Sea Rescue after the aircraft as shot down into the Bay of Biscay, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 2-Jun-2015. Added SN and Rescued event per MACR 517; made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 278 MACR 0517