Richard Merle Schooler
MilitaryAssigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-17F 42-29856 flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircraft exploded. Prisoner of War (POW). 10-May-44. MACR 4836.
Awards: DFC, AM (6 OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean war and rising to the rank of Captain. Killed in a car accident 28-Jul-55.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Patches
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sedgwick County, KS, USA | 9 October 1920 | Twin son of Garth Dewitt and Elma Raye [Barnes] Schooler. |
Enlisted |
Fort Riley, KS, USA | 30 March 1942 | Fort Riley Kansas USA |
Other Shot down / baled out |
Wiener Neustadt, Austria | 10 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-17F 42-29856 flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircraft exploded. POW. 10-May-44. MACR 4836. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 10 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Roanoke, VA, USA | 28 July 1955 | Killed instantly in a car accident at Roanoke, Virginia. 28-Jul-55. Car skidded and hit a tree, his wife and son were injured but survived. |
Wichita, KS, USA | |||
Based |
Tortorella | 10 May 1944 | Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA |