Joseph A Scheibler
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Joseph Scheibler served as a fighter pilot with the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford. He completed 90 missions.You can read more about his service here:
http://www.ulongbeach.com/Scheibler_Photopage.html
During the war Joe met Daphne Crowe, from Essex, England, who was serving the British Army's ATS (Auxillary Territorial Service). They were married in May 1944 and were together until Joe's death in 2012. Daphne has written up the story of their lives together.
You can read it on her record: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/241508
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: British
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Little Joe
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Fortunes Fool Helen
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 435th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bronx, NY, USA | 26 August 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY, USA | 20 January 1942 | |
Other Transferred from 82nd Fighter Squadron to Headquarters |
8 June 1944 | ||
Other Transferred from 78th Fighter Group to 495th Fighter Training Group |
17 September 1944 | ||
Died |
Bushnell, FL 33513, USA | 20 March 2012 | |
Jackson Heights, Queens, NY, USA | Exact dates not yet known | ||
Other Married Daphne Crow, who had grown up in Essex, England |
Exact date not yet known |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Joe's son, James Scheibler
See also:
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87232249
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2294 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database