Robert F Schroeder
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Collided with another aircraft (Joisey Bounce B24#41-24226) 13 November 1943 in B-24 42-40765 'Valient Virgin. Joisey Bounce had been hit by enemy fire and lost its wing. It spiraled out of control and slammed into the Valient virgin. Both planes crashed near Humus, Germany.' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16058971 / O-672885
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Valient Virgin
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 November 1943
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Denmark | 13 November 1943 | Collided with another aircraft (Joisey Bounce B24#41-24226). 13 November 1943 in B-24 42-40765 'Valient Virgin. ' Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Revisions
As per letter written November of 1945 by Joisey Bounce top gunner, who was a survivor and POW, to one of the plane's crew's mother.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2184 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
