Donald Hoenig Schmidli
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x combat missions. Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 "Pistol Packin' Mama". Killed in Action (KIA). Noted in MACR to have landed successfully and having been killed by civilians. MACR 7545
Awards: PH.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757248
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sharon, PA, USA | 28 January 1924 | Son of John and Frieda M [Hoenig] Schmidli. |
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Died |
Weimar, Germany | 20 July 1944 | Shot down 20-Jul-44 in B-17 42-31037 'Pistol Packin' Mama'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7545 |
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Buried |
Weimar Cemetery | 25 July 1944 | Interred Weimar cemetery. |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | 20 July 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Graceland cemetery, Millwaukee, Millwaukee County, WI | Re-Interred Graceland cemetery, Millwaukee, Millwaukee County, WI | |
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Enlisted |
Millwaukee, WI | Millwaukee, Wisconsin | |
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Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised, inner ear infection, RTD |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7545