2nd Lt. Schumacher enlisted in the Air Corps as a Private on 25 March 1941 at Duluth, Minnesota. He attended Bombardier Training in Class CB 43-18 at Carlsbad Field, New Mexico.

Although the remains of the three airmen who bailed out of the aircraf have not been discovered, the rest of the crew remains have been discovered and returned to their families as follows:

"U.S. AIRMEN MIA FROM WWII ARE IDENTIFIED
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of eight U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted-for and returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

They are 2nd Lt. Jack S. M Arnett, Charleston, W.V.; 2nd Lt. Frank J. Arhar, Lloydell, Pa.; Flight Officer William B. Simpson, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Tech. Sgt. Charles T. Goulding, Marlboro, N.Y.; Tech. Sgt Robert J. Stinson, San Bernardino, Calif., Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle, Lamesa, Texas; Staff Sgt. Leland D. Price, Oakwood, Ohio; and Staff Sgt. Earl E. Yoh, Scott, Ohio, all U.S. Army Air Forces.

Remains representing the group and the individual remains of Arhar are to be buried tomorrow at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. The individual remains of Arnett, Yoh, Doyle and Stinson were buried earlier by their families.....Source: New Release, Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (Public Affairs), Washington, DC, April 28, 2010.

The crew of the aircraft were:
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Jack S. M. Arnett
Co-pilot F/O William B. Simpson
Navigator 2nd Lt Frank J. Arhar
Bombardier 2nd Lt Arthur J. Schumacher
Engineer T/Sgt Robert J. Stinson
Asst Engineer/Nose Gunner S/Sgt Jimmie Doyle
Radio T/Sgt Charles T. Goulding
Asst. Radio S/Sgt John Moore
Gunner S/Sgt Earl E. Yoh
Tail Gunner S/Sgt Leland D. Price
Photographer Sgt Alexander R. Vick
Source: http://www.pacificwrecks.com

Note:
In an open letter to President Obama, The BentProp Project noted, in reference to Moore, Schumacher and Vick, "whose execution and burial site we believe we finally located on Babeldaob last spring, and which we hope JPAC will be able to investigate in the future." Source: http://www.congress.org Hopefully, remains will shortly be found and returned to their families as well

Schumacher, Arthur Joseph, 2nd Lt