Schneider, John B-17 Navigator

John Schneider decided to join the Army Air Corps. Schneider was given the choice of becoming a navigator or bombardier. Schneider chose to be a navigator and began his training at navigation school and gunnery school. Thereafter Schneider was sent to El Paso, Texas to be assigned to a crew. He was assigned to be the navigator for crew #88, 571st squadron. After completing their phase training, Schneider's first task was to guide the crew as they flew to Scotland to begin their deployment with the 390th Bomb Group in Framlingham, England. Schneider's first mission was in December of 1944 and completed 24 combat missions by the end of the war. He also flew on two Operation Chowhound missions to feed the starving Dutch people.