Name:
Sidney Scheiman
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-736572
Unit:
326th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-08
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Me
Plot:
B
Row:
9
Grave:
25
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
2nd Lt Sidney Scheiman, bombardier of the B-17 42-31387, took off from station 109 in Podington, Bedfordshire, UK on a bombing mission over Frankfurt. The plane was shot down by Fw-190s and evacuated around 1040. Either the entire crew was not able to bail out or they did so at too low an altitude for their parachutes to open.