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SCHROEDER, Harold Ray - Date of
birth
11 April 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri -
Hometown
Osage County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-677891 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
579th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
9 October 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Herman A.H. Schroeder (father)
Beulah J. (Spealman) Schroeder (mother)
Herman A. Schroeder Jr. (brother)
Fern (Claybrook) Schroeder (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-7470 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Exterminator
Destination: Vegesack, Germany
MACR: 879
More information
2nd Lt Harold R. Schroeder enlisted in Kansas City, Kansas on 7 April 1942.The aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters in de vicinity of cost out, north of the target at Vegesack, Bremen, Germany after the Group attacked this target. No German reports were available on the final situation regarding this crew and the 'Exterminator'. It could be concluded only that this aircrew went down just off shore into the North Sea waters, and never recovered.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch,www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.footnote.com, www.ancestry.com Fortney Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - SW, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - SW