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Matt Bourke said:
Louis "Screwie Looie" Schriber from Oshkosh, WI was credited with 5 confirmed kills, 6 probables and 1 damaged. His fifth and final kill that made him an ace on 26 Dec 1944 was also the 225th and final of the war for the 80th FS.

Between July 1943 and March 1945 Lou flew 191 missions and accumulated over 790 combat hours. He came back on one engine five times, crash landed another time and went through six different "Screwie Looie"s, including the first pictured here which was a J-5 model (he apparently didn't have his first assigned plane until Dec 1943).

A fun natured guy (hence the nickname), one of the things Schriber liked to joke about was how he measured up to fellow Wisconsin ace Richard Bong. The two crossed paths a few times at Dobodura and while they didn't have a ton in common, Lou said it was nice to talk to someone close to home. He remembered Bong as a funny guy who "sure could fly an airplane", and also said while Dick may have shot down more planes, Lou definitely shot AT (and missed) more aircraft. He once joked that his aim was so poor that he "couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a handful of peas".

Schriber transferred out of the group in March 1945 and went home. He left the USAAF after the war and started his postwar life in Oshkosh by marrying his sweetheart May Sawtell in 1946 and resuming his job at US Motor Corporation which was founded by his father.

Lou's love for flying faded away after the war and he didn't want anything to do with planes ever again; raising his family, golfing and sailing took its place. "Beefer" as he was known back home, spent many a day of retirement golfing at the Oshkosh Country Club or sailing on Lake Winnebago where he was a member of the Oshkosh Yacht Club.

Lou also loved keeping in touch with his old pals and was a fixture at the 80th FS reunions starting with their first meet up in 1970. He always attending them until his health began to fail in the early 2000s, but even then, he would still write in to the 80th's quarterly newsletter with his trademark sense of humor and always signed it with "Screwie Looie". After Capt. Schriber passed away in Dec 2003 at 83, the newsletter took out a full page to remember their buddy and finished the article with "Don't cry because its over; smile because it happened".