Vernon R Schnuelle
Military ROLL OF HONOURFell from the bomb bay into the North Sea while trying to release bombs on the return from a mission on 3 Feb in B-17G #42-31509 'Twinkle Toes'. Killed in Action (KIA).
He is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Twinkle Toes
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
3 February 1944 | ||
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Born |
Nebraska |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942-45, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces