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Harold G Schell

Military

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4297129. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

Service

People

  • Alfred D'Alessandris

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner/Engineer | 96th Bomb Group
    Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4297129. His B-17 was shot down at Stutebuell, 3 kms north west of Kappeln, near Schleswig, near the German/Denmark border at 2.15pm. ...

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • 42-97129

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/44; Kearney 12/2/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Presque 10/3/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG Thurleigh 12/3/44 SKIPPER; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-B] Snetterton 13/3/44; Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Pilot: Van Hixon, Co-pilot: Malcolm...

Associated Place

  • Snetterton Heath

    Military site : airfield
    Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Prisoner of War (POW) Denmark 11 April 1944
Nationality
American
Nickname
"Shorty"
Service numbers
Not yet known
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
Ball Turret Gunner
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
07 August 2019 20:41:11 Ray Schell Changes to nickname
Sources

Known family nick name.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:12:04 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3816 / MACR 3816; Snetterton Falcons, page 99 & 131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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