Lawrence Clarence Schwandt
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- 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. |
Revisions
Changed outcome to POW from EVD based on info in MACR 2722.
Added Added a POW event per MACR 2722.
Added more info to the "Summary biography" - gleaned info from the MACR 2722.
Added info about the “Regensburg, GR mission” to the "Summary biography" - gleaned info from the MACR 2722.
Added the S/N, role & A/C connection from the MACR photo attached to the person in this record.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…