Max Herbert Schiwetz
Military
Family photograph of my uncle, Max H Schiwetz, given to me by my mother (his sister) to memorialize his service as a member of the 9th AAF, 98th BG, 415 BSq, and his presumed death while flying as navigator of the B-24 Yen Tu during the Operation Title Wave bombing raid over the refineries of Ploesti, Romania on August 1, 1943.
Object Number - UPL 48962 - Lt. Max Herbert Schiwetz
Assigned to 415BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 Liberator 42-40520 'Yen Tu' 1-Aug-43; hit by flak and with wounded crew pressed on to bomb target, pilots climbed to allow bale out of crew then crashed at Barcanesti, Romania, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 176.
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 415th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16038495 / O-663535
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Yen Tu
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
San Antonio, TX | 13 February 1919 | Son of Frances Schiwetz. |
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Enlisted |
Randolph Field, TX | 6 January 1942 | Randolph Field, Texas |
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Died |
Bărcănești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 Liberator 42-40520 'Yen Tu' 1-Aug-43; hit by flak and with wounded crew pressed on to bomb target, pilots climbed to allow bale out of crew then crashed at Barcanesti, Romania, KIA MACR 176. |
| New Orleans, LA, USA | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. | ||
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Buried |
Memorialised Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County Virginia, USA. | ||
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Based Assigned |
Benina | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 415BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
Max W. Schiwetz was assigned to the 9th AAF, 98th Bomb Group, 415 Bomb Squadron. Photo provided by Nephew, Frederick j. Plaeger, from the collection of his Mother (Max's Sister), Bernice Schiwetz Plaeger.
Family photograph of my uncle, Max H Schiwetz, given to me by my mother (his sister) to memorialize his service as a member of the 9th AAF, 98th BG, 415 BSq, and his presumed death while flying as navigator of the B-24 Yen Tu during the Operation Title Wave bombing raid over the refineries of Ploesti, Romania on August 1, 1943.
Owned and provided by Frederick J. Plaeger II, Nephew of Max Herbert Schiwetz
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