Grayson Louis Schroeder

Military
media-50529.jpeg UPL 50529 Lt William Smithdeal and crew. 525BS, 379BG.

Object Number - UPL 50529 - Lt William Smithdeal and crew. 525BS, 379BG.

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 15 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Eisenach in B-17 42-102675 11-Sep-44; crash landed in Belgium, Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8900



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13062813 / O-8077294
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milwaukee Wisconsin USA 6 July 1922 Son of Adolph and Hilda Schroeder.

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 26 December 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 11 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Force landed POW

11 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Eisenach in B-17 42-102675 11-Sep-44; crash landed in Belgium, POW MACR 8900

Other

Discharged USAAF

1 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Wisconsin, USA 1 December 2008 Age 86

Based

Kimbolton 11 September 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Daughter.

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Added Died event per obituary at Legacy.com.
See: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?n=grayson-l-sc…

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Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8900 / MACR 8900; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 322 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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