Melvin Fred Schiefelbein
MilitaryAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C Hit by flak while bombing the target of Friedrichshafen on 18-Mar-44 and rapidly losing fuel, B-24 42-100284 turned towards Switzerland crash landed at Dubendorf. Interned.
Awards: AM (2OLC), 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: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680173
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ohio | 14 January 1919 | Son of Mathilda Schiefelbein. |
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 28 May 1942 | Cleveland, Ohio |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
30 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Berea, OH | 13 January 1998 | |
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Buried |
Holy Cross Cemetery Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, OH | 16 January 1998 | Holy Cross Cemetery Brook Park, Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Belgium | 18 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3341 / MACR 3341, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database