Alexander Schaeffer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
S/Sgt. Alexander Schaeffer UPL 37010 UPL 37010 S/Sgt. Alexander Schaeffer, Left waist gunner on B-17F #42-29663, 305th Bomb Group, which crashed on May 17th 1943 at Moëlan sur Mer France...

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Object Number - UPL 37010 - S/Sgt. Alexander Schaeffer, Left waist gunner on B-17F #42-29663, 305th Bomb Group, which crashed on May 17th 1943 at Moëlan sur Mer France...

Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 #42-29663. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15555



Awards: AM, PH, American Campaign, EAME (1 x battle star).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11033809 / O-791522
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilkes Barre, PA 19 September 1914

Enlisted

13 May 1941

Died

Lorient, France 17 May 1943 Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 #42-29663. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15555

Buried

Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY 29 October 1948 Re-Interred Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Chelveston 17 May 1943 Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

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NARA file for Air Medal awarded under Hqrs. Eighth Bomber Command, June 1, 1943. He earned at lest one bronze star device on the EAME Campaign Medal.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15555 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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