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SCHROEDER, Merl Leroy - Date of
birth
5 December 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Fullerton, Nance County, Nebraska -
Hometown
Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-739858 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, about 6 miles of Texel, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
George Schroeder (father)
Bethel (Lamb) Schroeder (mother)
George T. Schroeder (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30860 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 1563
More information
While under fighter attack, witnesses saw the aircraft explode and while going down, colliding with aircraft 42-3265. The entire crew was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Edwards Family Tree, www.96bg.org - Deborah Schroder
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Mrs. Lisa Edwards, www.96bg.org - Deborah Schroder, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 43-C King City California / Pilot Class Book 43-C Chico AAF California