Leroy Adolph Schreiber
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 2517 - Major Leroy H. Schreiber, of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Schreiber - Killed - Kiel.'
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return 'Jackpot' to Flensburg in P-47 43-25577; hit by flak strafing A/D, crashed near Flensburg Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4185
Awards: DSC, DFC (4OLC), AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 507th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 463rd Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2045114, T-223051
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 551st Fighter Training Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Plymouth, MA | 13 December 1917 | |
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Other Awarded DSC |
Boxted, UK | 20 February 1944 | SYNOPSIS: Captain (Air Corps) Leroy A. Schreiber (ASN: O-401242), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-47 Fighter Airplane in the 62d Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, EIGHTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 20 February 1944, in the European Theater of Operations. On this date as Captain Schreiber shot down three enemy aircraft in a single engagement. Captain Schreiber's unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 8th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces. General Orders: Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Forces in Europe, General Orders No. 25 (1944) Action Date: 20-Feb-44 |
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Died |
Vicinity of Flensburg, Germany | 15 April 1944 | Failed to Return 'Jackpot' to Flensburg in P-47 43-25577; hit by flak strafing A/D, crashed near Flensburg Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4185 |
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Based |
Boxted | 15 April 1944 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot C Row 1 Grave 45 |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28654062
https://www.fold3.com/record/529859090-leroy-a-schreiber
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_schreiber_l_a.php
http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1624
http://www.militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=316375
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/37721/Schreiber-Leroy-A.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360781/leroy-adolph-schreiber
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4185 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
