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SCHNEIDER, Carroll Ray - Date of
birth
12 December 1915 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Brownlee, Boise County Idaho -
Hometown
Sweet, Gem County, Idaho
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19005793 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
455th Bombardment Squadron,
323rd Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
13 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, 20 km southwest of Zandvoort, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Wilfred A. Schneider (father)
Carrie M. (Harrington) Schneider (mother)
Margaret Schneider (sister)
Wilma Schneider (sister)
Esta Schneider (sister)
Eldred Schneider (brother)
Marline Schneider (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-34940 -
Data
Type: B-26C
Destination: Schiphol, the Netherlands
Mission: Bombing of the airfield
MACR: 1497
More information
Carroll Schneider worked on a farm.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Portland, Oregon on 3 January 1942.
During the bombing run the formation met intense and accurate heavy flak. Immediately after the bomb release, the airplane was damaged. It peeled off to the left and began to go down rapidly, but still under control, towards the coast.
The entire crew of six men was killed. They are commemorated at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, except S/Sgt Thomas J. Carpenter Jr, who is commemorated at the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge Cemetery and Memorial.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com, Florom Family Tree, 1920 Census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.americanairmuseum.com