2LT. John Henry Schnack was a Pilot with the 12th Air Force; 57th Bombardment Wing; 310th Bombardment Group; 379th Bombardment Squadron; stationed in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO).

His Hometown was Clinton and Camache, Clinton County, Iowa.

379th BS: Extracts from Missing Air Crew Report # 639:
Shot down by enemy fighter action on bomb run to target.

A/C B-25; Serial No. 42-32414; MACR-639; shot down
THE CREW:
P Carpenter, Jesse L., 1Lt - KIA
CP Schnack, John H., 2Lt - MIA, DED, POW, Died as POW
N None
B Park, Jackson W., S/Sgt - KIA
E None
R Kuhn, Henry N., Jr., S/Sgt - MIA, KNB
G Miller, Laddie T., S/Sgt - KIA
F None

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Evidently 2Lt. John Henry Schnack was seriously injured or wounded when he bailed out of the B-25. He was captured by the enemy, and died of his injuries 2 days later, on 29 August 1943; as a Prisoner of War.

His remains were returned to the U.S. in February 1949, and he was interred in his Hometown of Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa

John H Schnack