Thomas F Schappert

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13700.jpeg UPL 13700 1st Lt. Thomas E. Scrivner - pilot, 2nd Lt. Benjamin R. Toczyl - navigator
2nd Lt. Everett P. Anderson - copilot, 2nd Lt. Maurice E. Hause - bombardier
T/Sgt. W.F. Coll - engineer/top turret gunner, S/Sgt. W.L. Hazelton - gunner
Sgt. R.M. Shay - gunner, Sgt. T.F. Schappart - gunner
S/Sgt. W.M. Patrick - tail gunner, Sgt. M.R. Mickey - gunner

Part of this crew flew the low-level mission to Ploesti, Romania and was lost over the target when the time-delay fused bombs from planes over the target earlier exploded and took the plane down, killing the crew. The pilots, Lts. Scrivner and Anderson flew the mission with some of the crew who volunteered to go after already completing a 25 mission tour. T/Sgt. William Coll (engineer/TTG), Sgt. Thomas Schappart (LWG) and Sgt. Marvin Mickey (RWG) from the regular crew and four other men scrapped together for the mission tried to take-off in one plane, but a bad fuel leak forced them to take another B-24 ("Scrappy II" a B-24D-53-CO s/n 42-40375). The other four men were; 2nd Lt. Robert E. Young, a bombardier from the 506th BS; 1st Lt. Philip P. Phillips - navigator; T/Sgt. Channing N. Satterfield - radio operator; S/Sgt. Hugh J. Malone - tail gunner.

Corrected associations so they reflect who is in the photograph

Object Number - UPL 13700 - 1st Lt. Thomas E. Scrivner - pilot, 2nd Lt. Benjamin R. Toczyl - navigator 2nd Lt. Everett P. Anderson - copilot, 2nd Lt. Maurice E. Hause -...

Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY with 9th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40375 'Scrappy II' 1-Aug-43; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1646



Awards: DFC, AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19067132 / O-728030
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Scrappy II
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Wilkes Barre, PA 17 February 1941 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Died

Killed in action

Ploesti, Romania 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40375 'Scrappy II' 1-Aug-43; KIA MACR 1646

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO 3 August 1950 Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri

Born

Pennsylvania Son of George W and Mary Schappert.

Based

1 August 1943 Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

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