NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Crawford County, Kansas...Finding Of Death
Joe served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-17F #42-5886, 548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Kansas prior to the war.
Joe was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by enemy aircraft and crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht Air Field, on the Holland & Belgium border during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 37202639
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5886:
Brown, Herbert W ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Hampshire
Crabtree, Parker F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maine
McClatchey, Hugh T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Schreppel, Joe ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Kansas
Sommers, Paul A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Wieneke, Olin L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Joe served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-17F #42-5886, 548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Kansas prior to the war.
Joe was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by enemy aircraft and crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht Air Field, on the Holland & Belgium border during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 37202639
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5886:
Brown, Herbert W ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Hampshire
Crabtree, Parker F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maine
McClatchey, Hugh T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Schreppel, Joe ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Kansas
Sommers, Paul A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Wieneke, Olin L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Crawford County, Kansas...Finding Of Death
Joe served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-17F #42-5886, 548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Kansas prior to the war.
Joe was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by enemy aircraft and crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht Air Field, on the Holland & Belgium border during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 37202639
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5886:
Brown, Herbert W ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Hampshire
Crabtree, Parker F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maine
McClatchey, Hugh T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Schreppel, Joe ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Kansas
Sommers, Paul A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Wieneke, Olin L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Joe served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-17F #42-5886, 548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Kansas prior to the war.
Joe was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 was attacked by enemy aircraft and crash landed a mile from Woensdrecht Air Field, on the Holland & Belgium border during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 37202639
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17F #42-5886:
Brown, Herbert W ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, New Hampshire
Crabtree, Parker F ~ S/Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Maine
McClatchey, Hugh T ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New York
Schreppel, Joe ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Kansas
Sommers, Paul A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, New Jersey
Wieneke, Olin L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Illinois
The rest of the crew survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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548 BOMB SQ 305 BOMB GP (H)
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