Monuments
Airmen Dedication- Mello Monument aux Morts
B-24 (42-95280) 'Sunon Square Dance' Crash Site Marker
Name:
Walter Boyd “Bob” Schum
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
33569394
Unit:
701st Bomb Squadon, 445th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-06-27
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Grandview Cemetery, Altoona, Pennsylvania
Plot:
Sect 6 Lot W1/2 12
Row:
Grave:
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Comments:
Machine gunner of the B-24 Liberator “Sunon Square Dance” which took off from Tibenham in the UK to bomb the south of Creil. It was shot down by flak at 1917. From Altoona, Pennsylvania. Killed in the crash along with 3 other crewmembers. Four crewmembers escaped and two were taken prisoner.