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SCHRADER, Harold Leo - Date of
birth
17 December 1921 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri -
Hometown
Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri -
Religion
Jewish
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37374879 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
524th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
25 June 1943 - Place of
death
Wieste-Wertle, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Leo F. Schrader (father)
Leona Schrader (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30165 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
MACR: 1356
More information
Harold Schrader worked in a warehouse.He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 29 July 1942.
Due to cloud cover over the primary target, the different bomber groups attack targets of opportunity.
The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters.
Eight crew members bailed out and were taken prisoner. two men were killed. They were initially buried at the Evangelic Cemetery of Quakenbruck, Germany on 29 June 1943.
He was hit by machine gun fire in the mid section but was able to bail out by himself. His parachute was still on him and appeared as though it had never opened right.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Servicemen Card, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, St Louis Post-Dispatch - 07 July 1943