Mathias G Schneider

Military
media-40925.jpeg UPL 40925 First crew of Fearless Fosdick with the Pilot in Command "Hoppy" on far right and then 2LT Mathias G. Schneider (Co-pilot) Second from right

Photo from Mathias G. Schneider given to his children by his Spouse Elizabeth Schneider after his death in 1974

Object Number - UPL 40925 - First crew of Fearless Fosdick with the Pilot in Command "Hoppy" on far right and then 2LT Mathias G. Schneider (Co-pilot) Second from right

Assigned May 1944

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-6131

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

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photo of aircraft with crew prior to airfield crash landing in 1945

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Newspaper article Cleveland, Ohio circa 1945 & discharge paperwork

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newspaper clipping Cleveland Ohio USA Circa 1945

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Snetterton Falcons, pg 151 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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