Red Bank Register/1937/Eddie Schneider Air Battler For Spanish Loyalists

Eddie Schneider Air Battler For Spanish Loyalists. '''Former Locust Point Boy Is Member of Squadron Fighting Under Command of Bert Acosta, Spent Xmas Bombing Enemy Positions. '''Among those fighting aviators for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil war is Edward [sic] Schneider, a former resident of Locust Point. Eddy is serving under Bert Acosta, commander of the Yankee squadron of the Loyalist forces. According to New York papers he receives $1,500 a week and $1,000 for each enemy plane which he shoots down. Another member of this squadron is Captain Gordon Berry. The three men planned to spend Christmas with their wives and families at Biarritz, France. According to a story in the Christmas issue of the Herald Tribune they were forced to cancel their plans in order to carry out orders to bomb Burgos, capital of the rebel forces. He attended the Middletown high school at Leonardo for four years and later moved to Jersey City where be received a course in aviation. When less than 21 years of age he won the junior coast to coast championship. Four years ago at the invitation of Paul I. Redcay, Mr. Schneider, who is better known as "Eddy", landed his plane on the school grounds and gave a talk to the pupils about aviation. Later he performed stunts over the grounds while the pupils watched him. Eddy was born in Locust Point in 1911. He spent most of his life there and is very well known in Middletown township.