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Schneider Sidney

Name:
Sidney Schneider
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
12193767
Unit:
563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-04-09
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:

Sidney Schneider was born in 1924 in New York. He resided in Kings County, New York prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 4, 1942 in New York City, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Stock clerk and also as Single, without dependents. Sidney served as a Staff Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner on B-17G #42-107076, 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

B-17G #42-107076 took off from RAF Knettishall with a target of the Focke-Wulf Aircraft factory at Poznan, Poland. While on this mission they were hit by enemy flak and severely damaged. Sidney was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-17 crashed, due to the damage, into the Baltic Sea seven miles Southeast of Nykobing, near Boto, Denmark. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. SSgt Schneider was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov