Clarence Edwin Schuchmann

Military
media-33175.jpeg UPL 33175 Captain Clarence E. Schuchmann, Pilot, 457th Bomb Group Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

Object Number - UPL 33175 - Captain Clarence E. Schuchmann, Pilot, 457th Bomb Group

Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x missions. On his very first combat mission his radio operator was killed by a piece of flak in the forehead.





Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC) ,WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat.  Hat is tilted on his head.  There are silver wings and a ribbon on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat.  Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Homesick Angel
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skunk Hollow
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: G I Virgin
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group

Missions

  • Date: 24 August 1944
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear  posed in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
  • Date: 11 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.
  • Date: 3 August 1944

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fayette County, IA, USA 28 October 1918 Son of Otto G. and Blanche Lillian [Swale] Schuchmann.

Enlisted

Des Moines, IA, USA 11 April 1942 Des Moines, Iowa

Other

Battle damaged deadstick landing

Glatton, Huntingdon PE28 5RR, UK 25 February 1944 Lost three engines, and in making a down wind landing, with another ship landing from the opposite direction, lost the fourth engine and made a dead stick landing. The other craft made a touch-and-go landing, avoiding a collision.

Other

Discharged USAAF

21 August 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Hawkeye, IA 52147, USA 17 May 2006

Buried

West Union Cemetery West Union, Fayette County, IA 20 May 2006 West Union Cemetery West Union, Fayette County, Iowa

Based

Glatton Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/record/64377964-clarence-e-schuchmann
https://www.fold3.com/page/84605455-clarence-e-schuchmann/facts
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1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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