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Harold Schwartz’ Air Medal card on page 583 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143832559 (NARA)
MACR 11681 - B-24 42-100372 'Old Glory'. Shot down 25-Dec-44
Harold Schwartz was Radio Operator on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 389th Bomb Group
James Castellano was Navigator on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Oral Chippeaux was Pilot of B-24 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25-Dec-44 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Thomas Cowan was Left Waist gunner on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Arlon Moore was Right Waist gunner on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Robert Sloan was Engineer/Top Turret gunner on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 389th Bomb Group
Fern Steepleton was Co-Pilot on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Adolphus Stine was Tail Gunner on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Nose Turret gunner | 389th Bomb Group
Andrew Sutter was Nose Turret gunner on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 389th Bomb Group
Conrad Werner was Bombardier on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).
Group
The 389th Bomb Group, known in more familiar terms as "the Sky Scorpions", flew strategic bombing missions in B-24 Liberators from Hethel, England. They also sent detachments to join bases in North Africa at Benghazi No. 10, Libya, between 3 July 1943...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
25 December 1944
Military site : airfield
Construction of Hethel airfield began in 1941, and was finished in late 1942. The number of hardstandings was increased from the planned 36 to 50 in 1942, in order to accommodate a full heavy bomb group. The 320th Bomb Group occupied the base for ten...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Brooklyn, New York, USA | 3 March 1921 |
| Lived in | 1942 | |
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Bridgeport, Connecticut |
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| Enlisted | 22 July 1942 | |
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Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 25 December 1944 – 1945 |
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Returned to Military Control 13 July 1945 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 June 2020 13:34:44 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename and events |
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NARA WWII Enlistment records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 June 2020 12:41:03 | ED-BB | Changes to service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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MACR 11681 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 May 2020 01:38:05 | jmoore43 | Changes to surname, middlename and suffix |
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 May 2020 01:30:28 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Merged "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person that was then deleted. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 11681 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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