Eugene F Schmitt

S/Sgt Eugene F. Schmitt graduated from Galva High School in 1936. | | The aircraft was hit at 11,500 feet by a direct burst of flak between the bomb bay door and pilot's compartment at 1532 hrs and 4955N-0148E. The aircraft caught fire, the tail broke off and spun into the ground, and exploded. No chutes were seen. Of the 10 crew members, only the Tail Gunner, S/Sgt Kenneth J. McIntyre, survived. All bodies were burned inside the plane and buried in the French Cemetery of Poix de la Somme on 13 February 1944. T/Sgt Eugene F. Schmitt and 2nd Lt James S. Tyson were buried as unknown but later identified.