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Grandfather Brothers Crew

Posted by philip on 5/11/2008, 5:02 pm
76.174.248.106

My grandfather and I were checking out information on his brothers Crew.

Joseph T. Schembri

He was killed in an accident before a mission so he isn't on the KIA list

He was killed when he was jumping into the front hatch and fell backwards onto the prop.

My question is what was his crew/ A/C so i can find a little more out about him

My grandfathers Crew http://www.100thbg.com/mainpages/crews/crews4/jensen.htm
if anyone is interested

Thank you for your time

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Re: Grandfather Brothers Crew

Posted by Alan Morton on 5/12/2008, 2:27 am, in reply to "Grandfather Brothers Crew"
75.83.113.51

Wow Phillip (philsk8thrill@yahoo.com) ... You're really bouncing around between the "Bloody Hundredth" 100th BG and the 457th BG. Joe was a Flight Engineer and would have normally entered through the Nose Hatch. BUT, NOT WITH THE ENGINES RUNNING! The clearance from a turning propeller to the hatch door is really, really marginal. If you lose your balance ... you're toast. He should have gone to the waist door to enter.

Joseph T. Schembri flew 12 combat missions with the 457th BG. Click on this URl: http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Search_home/searchresults.asp?searchField=Joseph%20T.%20Schembri&srcriteria=phrase&range=1

Joe was with the 750th Bomb Squadron. He flew with a variety of Pilots ... one pilot was Lt. Scott B. Ormsby with Joe as the Flight Engineer Top Turret Gunner. He flew a total of 12 Combat Missions

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Re: Grandfather Brothers Crew

Posted by Sully Sullivan on 5/17/2008, 2:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Grandfather Brothers Crew"
207.200.116.70

I flew two missions with Lt. Ormsby...August 16 and August 30, but Sgt. Schenbri was not on either of them. Therefore, I did not know him.

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