Clarence Edwin Schuchmann
Military
"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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- Date: 26 April 1944
- Date: 24 April 1944
- Date: 18 April 1944
- Date: 10 April 1944
- Date: 29 March 1944
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fayette County, IA, USA | 28 October 1918 | Son of Otto G. and Blanche Lillian [Swale] Schuchmann. |
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Enlisted |
Des Moines, IA, USA | 11 April 1942 | Des Moines, Iowa |
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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. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
21 August 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Hawkeye, IA 52147, USA | 17 May 2006 | |
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Buried |
West Union Cemetery West Union, Fayette County, IA | 20 May 2006 | West Union Cemetery West Union, Fayette County, Iowa |
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Based |
Glatton | Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia