Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) render salutes as a casket holding U.S. Navy Commander Frederick Schrader’s remains are lowered into the ground at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 13, 2023.Schrader, 31, of Lawrenceville, Illinois, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sept. 27, 2022 . In October 1944, Schrader was the commander of Carrier Air Group Eleven on the USS Hornet. The Hornet was one of 17 aircraft carriers to take part in the Battle of Formosa Oct. 12-15. On Oct. 13, Schrader’s F6F-5 Hellcat fighter was shot down during an attack on Toko Seaplane Base on Formosa, now known as Taiwan.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
Date Taken: | 04.13.2023 |
Date Posted: | 04.13.2023 20:58 |
Photo ID: | 7739316 |
VIRIN: | 230413-F-CB366-1140 |
Resolution: | 2228x1636 |
Size: | 2.4 MB |
Location: | HONOLULU, HAWAII, US |
Web Views: | 82 |
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