Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 28 Jan 1945
William Schmoller.
Pilot · 409th Squadron · Of WI.
The man.
§ Biography
Pilot of B-24J 42-50679, 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, on the 28 January 1945 Dortmund mission. After the aircraft was hit by flak, knocking out engines 1 and 2 and badly damaging the port rudder, Schmoller ordered the crew to bail out.
Post-war statements by T/Sgt. Kerbel and 2nd Lt. Jaffe concluded that Schmoller did bail out but his parachute likely failed to open. He was reported killed in action on 28 January 1945. No body was found in or near the aircraft wreckage recovered by German forces.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
1st Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Serial Number
O-711807
Hometown
WI
Missions flown.
8 catalogued · newest first
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 674
12 Oct 1944
Osnabrück
M/Y
42-100670
→
№ 760
24 Dec 1944
Ahrweiller
??
42-94814
→
№ 760
24 Dec 1944
Ahrweiller
??
42-94814
→
№ 770
30 Dec 1944
Mechernich
M/Y
42-94814
→
№ 781
05 Jan 1945
Target unrecorded
42-51241
→
№ 783
06 Jan 1945
Bonn Rhine H/B
H/B
42-XX501
→
№ 809
28 Jan 1945
Dortmund
42-50679
→
№ 809
28 Jan 1945
Kaiserstuhl
O/I
XX-XX679
→
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Netherlands American Cemetery
Location
K 13 7