Name:
Gunter Waldemar Schilling
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
32856310
Unit:
707th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-09-10
State:
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot:
34
Row:
Grave:
4788-89
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
TSgt Gunter Waldemar Schilling, radio operator of the B-24 42-95390 “Rough Buddy”, was on a bombing mission over Heilbronn when it was hit by flak at 1038, eventually exploding the plane with its cargo of incendiary bombs. Only the belly gunner survived to be later captured.