Staff Sgt. Schreppel was a tail gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress “Jolly Roger” which was shot down by the German Luftwaffe over Belgium on Aug. 17, 1943. On that day, dubbed “Black Tuesday”, 376 U.S. B-17 bombers departed from the United Kingdom to conduct a two-pronged attack on war equipment factories in Schweinfurt and Regensburg, Germany. It was a day of historic losses, resulting in 60 B-17 aircraft lost to enemy fire and nearly 650 Airmen killed, wounded or captured. (Photo courtesy of the American Air Museum in Britain)
| Date Taken: | 02.28.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.28.2025 07:52 |
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