George P Schumacher
Military
Rear L-R: F Navarra, Kenneth Hopkins, Harold Snater, Theodore Wright, George Schumacher, Harvey Prater.
Front L-R: Max Quakenbush, Roger Johnson, Daniel Bryant, Amerigo Bassi.
B-17F Jenny Lee would appear to be a training aircraft stateside.
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 56151 - Quakenbush crew. Rear L-R: F Navarra, Kenneth Hopkins, Harold Snater, Theodore Wright, George Schumacher, Harvey Prater. Front L-R: Max...
B-17G #42-30713 'Phyllis Marie' fell out of formation and was attacked by fighters and forced to make an emergency landing S of Cottbus, GR on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Phyllis Marie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Lansing, Michigan, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2987 / MACR 2987, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
