Wilbur Edwin Schmedel
Military
Object Number - UPL 41686 - 1st Lt Wilbur E Schmedel, 612BS, 401BG.
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Thomas Hill crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Politz 7-Oct-44 in B-17 42-31087 'Boche Buster'. Landed in Sweden, Interned (INT). MACR 9758.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19101439 / O-761943
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait, Boche Buster
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Indianapolis, IN | 9 January 1924 | Son of Everett L and Cornelia B Schmedel. |
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Enlisted |
La Fayette, IN | 8 December 1942 | La Fayette, Indiana |
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Other Interned INT |
Sweden | 7 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Politz 7-Oct-44 in B-17 42-31087 'Boche Buster'. Landed in Sweden. Interned (INT). MACR 9758 |
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Died |
Fort Worth, TX | 9 December 1980 | |
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Buried |
Pleasant Point Cemetery Lillian, Johnson County, TX | 12 December 1980 | Pleasant Point Cemetery Lillian, Johnson County, Texas |
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Based Interned |
Deenethorpe | 7 October 1944 | Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27537394/wilbur-edwin-schmedel
Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9758,
http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3494
