Robert Laverne Schlader
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Robert Laverne Schlader was born March 2, 1925, at Cresco, Iowa, the son of Virgil and Gladys (McCarville) Schlader. He graduated from the Floyd Consolidated School. Bob served in the AAF during WWII as a LWG/TG on a B-17 with 38 missions over Germany.
After the war he attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. In 1947 he was married to Beverly Bailey. He taught school in Colwell and Arcadia and worked for the Horace Mann Insurance Company for 33 years. His interests included golfing and traveling. He was a member of the Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus.
Bob was a devoted husband to Beverly and father to four daughters, Teresa Klobassa of Wickenburg, Ariz.; Barbara (Gordon) Gustafson of Crete, Illinois, Debra (James) Billigmeier of Mahtomedia , Minnesota, and Lisa (Robert) Jenks of Escondido, California; seven grandchildren; three great grandchildren; six brothers, Jerome (Lenore) Schlader of Rockford, Donald (Mary) Schlader of Dubuque, Raymond (Arlene) Schlader of Louisville, Kentucky, Eugene (Laurna) Schlader of Charles City, Lyle (Myrna) Schlader of Charles City and Roger (Ann) Schlader of Hastings, Minnesota; and two sisters, Marian (Grafton “Red”) Monaghan of Springfield, Missouri, and Mary Helen (Greg) Kuehn of Costa Mesa, California.
Robert “Bob” Schlader died Saturday, September 15, 2007, at the Lodge on Summit Oaks in Burnsville, Minnesota, surrounded by his girls, after a brave fight with Leukemia and MS. He was preceded in death by his parents.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Mistress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Missions
- Date: 30 March 1945
- Date: 26 March 1945
- Date: 24 March 1945
- Date: 23 March 1945
- Date: 22 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cresco, Iowa | 2 March 1925 | |
Enlisted |
Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa | 14 October 1943 | |
Died |
Burnsville, Minnesota | 15 September 2007 |
Revisions
Information from: http://351st.org/loadlist/search.php?type=n&last=Schlader&first=Robert
Information obtained from: http://351st.org/loadlist/search.php?type=m&mission=260&ac=42-97252
February 9, 1945: The Mason City Globe-Gazette - Mason City, IA
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38161040/#
Bio adapted from: http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Robert-Schlader-88306832
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/