August C Schnepf

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Halberstadt on 7/7/44 in B-24 #4295177



POW

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95177

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bo II
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 7 July 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7237 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database