Schoeneck, U.S. soldier McClean and Schoenecks observer near British Auster aircraft in France in November 1944
Gift of Betty Schoeneck Howell
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Photograph. U.S. military officers McClean, Schoeneck, and Wright standing for picture with British Auster aircraft under maintenance/repair. Personal Caption: "Lt. McClean, other pilot in BN, myself [George W. Schoeneck], Lt. Ben Wright, my observer. Plane is British Auster. November, 1944. Nice, France."Nice, France. November 1944
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1944-11-
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Items from the service of George W. Schoeneck, who was born on July 22, 1923 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He enlisted in the Army on 21 October 1942 and served with the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion as an observation pilot. Schoeneck arrived in Palermo, Sicily in January of 1944 and served in Europe until he was Killed in Action on 16 January 1945. Schoeneck was interred in an American cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg. Collection includes over seventy photographs and a few documents related to Schoeneck's service.
Geography:
Nice
Latitude:
43.700
Longitude:
7.267
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Group portraits--France
Military air pilots--American--France
Military uniforms--American--France
Airplanes--British--France
Maintenance & repair--France
Military officers--American--France