Harold Roy Snater
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...
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew number 12. B-17 42-30713 'Phyllis Marie' fell out of formation and was attacked by fighters and forced to make an emergency landing Sth of Cottbus, Germany on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17064882 / O-804504
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Phyllis Marie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Iowa Falls, Hardin County, IA | 26 February 1924 | Son of George Theodore and Ella May [Chaplin] Snater. |
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Enlisted |
Kalamazoo, MI | 4 December 1942 | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 8 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
22 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Saint Louis, MI | 25 February 2006 | |
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Buried |
Ridgelawn Cemetery Breckenridge, Gratiot County, MI | Ridgelawn Cemetery Breckenridge, Gratiot County, Michigan | |
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Based |
Framlingham | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/43909989/harold-r-snater-social-security-d…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84413832/harold-r-snater-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/623962210/harold-snater-1924-veterans-affa…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131147878/harold-roy-snater
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