Walter B Schoer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Object Number - UPL 22013 - Walter Schoer - Holstein, 44th BG, KIA
Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 1-Au-43 in B-24 42-40995 'Satan's Hellcats'; A/C set afire and crashed after target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2416/3147
Walter and/or the tail gunner managed to down the attacking Me109 of Hauptmann Wilhem Steinmann prior to the A/C's crash.
Awards: DFC, PH.
Connections
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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: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727991
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Hell Cats
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Holstein, Iowa | 20 August 1909 | Son of Willy W. and Augusta Cleve Schoer. Headstone shows DOB 1909, draft registration shows 1911 |
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 8 April 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Died Killed in action |
Brazi, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 1-Au-43 in B-24 42-40995 'Satan's Hellcats'; A/C set afire and crashed after target. KIA MACR 2416/3147 |
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Buried |
Bolovani Cemetery, Ploesti, Romania | 2 August 1943 | Interred Bolovani Cemetery, Romania |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot C Row 11 Grave 6 | |
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Buried |
Holstein Cemetery Holstein, Ida County, IA | Memorialised Holstein Cemetery Holstein, Ida County, Iowa | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3147
