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SGT Norbert J Schwabe
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SGT Norbert J Schwabe Veteran

Birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
21 Jul 1944 (aged 20)
At Sea
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England GPS-Latitude: 52.2159931, Longitude: 0.0552695
Plot
Tablets of the Missing
Memorial ID
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #36816666
Entered the Service from: Wisconsin
U.S. Army Air Forces

Norbert J. Schwabe is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 lists him as a June Senior in the 1942 yearbook edition for Riverside High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Information below gleaned from: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/norbert-j-schwabe

Flight engineer/Top turret gunner on B-24J-5-DT Liberator #42-51295 that was forced to ditch in the North Atlantic while transiting from the ZOI (Zone of Interior) to England to serve in the 8th AAF.

***I would like to thank Al Skiff Find A Grave ID 49788721 for adding his photo of Norbert to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Keith Wiese Find A Grave ID 46940362 for adding his photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Darren Collins Find A Grave ID 49134353 for adding his photos to this memorial***

***I would like to thank ShaneO Find A Grave ID 47009366 for updating the inscription information on this memorial***
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #36816666
Entered the Service from: Wisconsin
U.S. Army Air Forces

Norbert J. Schwabe is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 lists him as a June Senior in the 1942 yearbook edition for Riverside High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Information below gleaned from: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/norbert-j-schwabe

Flight engineer/Top turret gunner on B-24J-5-DT Liberator #42-51295 that was forced to ditch in the North Atlantic while transiting from the ZOI (Zone of Interior) to England to serve in the 8th AAF.

***I would like to thank Al Skiff Find A Grave ID 49788721 for adding his photo of Norbert to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Keith Wiese Find A Grave ID 46940362 for adding his photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Darren Collins Find A Grave ID 49134353 for adding his photos to this memorial***

***I would like to thank ShaneO Find A Grave ID 47009366 for updating the inscription information on this memorial***

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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294176/norbert_j-schwabe: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Norbert J Schwabe (10 May 1924–21 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56294176, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).