Lawrence Clarence Schwandt

Military
media-28412.jpeg UPL 28412 MACR 2722, Page 15 National Archives and Records Administration

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Object Number - UPL 28412 - MACR 2722, Page 15

Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by enemy aircraft in B-17 42-31397 on 25-Feb-44 on a mission to Regensburg, GR. A/C crashed S of Klagenfurt, Austria. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2722.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797130
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

East Chicago, IN 3 April 1917 Son of Agnes Schwandt

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 25 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

Klagenfurt, Austria 25 February 1944 Shot down by enemy aircraft in B-17 42-31397 on 25-Feb-44 on a mission to Regensburg, GR. A/C crashed S of Klagenfurt, Austria. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2722

Other

Discharged USAAF

1 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

11 March 1975

Buried

Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond, Lake County, IN 15 March 1975 Elmwood Cemetery Hammond, Lake County, Indiana

Based

Grafton Underwood 25 February 1944 Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added MACR number to "Summary biography".

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Changed outcome to POW from EVD based on info in MACR 2722.
Added Added a POW event per MACR 2722.

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Added more info to the "Summary biography" - gleaned info from the MACR 2722.

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Added info about the “Regensburg, GR mission” to the "Summary biography" - gleaned info from the MACR 2722.

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Added the S/N, role & A/C connection from the MACR photo attached to the person in this record.

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