Richard R Schuit

Military

B-17F #42-30732 'Pistol Packin Mama' landed short and lost the left landing gear on a local flight and was instructed to attempt a gear up landing at Alconbury. RTD. Shot down by fighters and crashed SSW of Erkner on a mission to the ball bearing plant at Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31553. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30732

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group

42-31553

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Myer's Flaw
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3241 / MACR 3241, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database