Robert C Schimmel

Military

B-17G #42-31919 was hit by flak and then attacked by fighters on 6 Mar 1944. Crew bailed out, but pilot managed to return to England and crashed at Metfield. RTD. Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4239995 'Cow Town Boogie. ' Ditched in Baltic. Interned.

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Units served with

452nd Bomb Group

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

731st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31919

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Evanton Babe
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

42-39995

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Cow town boogie
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born
Other Interned (INT)	Germany	11 April 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Other

Interned (INT)

Germany

11 April 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:05

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3826 / MACR 3826, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database