John Francis Schimenek

Military

Object Number - UPL 66245 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 21 September 1943/Reims (Junkers plant); Mission Recalled

25 missions, including both Schweinfurt missions. Was on the 17 August 1943 one, on board 42-3455 and was wounded. Also flew on B-17 #42-30026 'Battlewagon. ' [Documents attached to database form. ]



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30026

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battle Wagon
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-3455

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Thirteen
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Superior, Wisconsin 25 December 1916

Revisions

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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3543

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It's John Francis Schimenek, not John T... (NARA WWII Enlistment records - 16022229)

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

John Francis Schimenek: Gallery (3 items)

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

Object number: UPL 66245 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 21 September 1943...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

Object number: UPL 66260 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 23 September 1943...