Earl William Schwab
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 50431 - Sgt Earl Schwab, Assistant crew chief of B-17 42-97181 'Steady Hedy', 306BG.
Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Assistant crew chief to B-17 'Steady Hedy' 118 missions, no aborts.
Awards: GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Steady Hedy
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lyons, NY | 21 March 1906 | Son of George and Henrietta [Daly] Schwab. |
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Enlisted |
Rochester, NY | 3 June 1942 | Rochester, New York |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 28 February 1944 | Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
10 October 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
Newark, NY | 15 September 1991 | |
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Buried |
East Newark Cemetery Newark, Wayne County, NY | 18 September 1991 | East Newark Cemetery Newark, Wayne County, New York |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161929215/earl-schwab
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, Combat Crews pg. 155, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
