Joe Herman Schell
MilitaryAssigned to 836BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 missions in European Theatre. Co-pilot in B-24; switched over to B-17. First Pilot on B-17 for 8 missions.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sleepless Knights
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron 484th Bomb Group 825th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Conover, North Carolina | 7 January 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Shaw Field, Sumter, SC | 25 June 1942 | Shaw Field, Sumter, South Carolina |
Based |
Lavenham | Assigned to 836BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/RobertsonCrew.shtml / self