Adrian Leonard Shutes
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear Row L - R : Sgt Clennie C Shults, S/Sgt Armand L Provencher, Unk, Sgt Adrian L Shutes, Sgt Edward Trambitsky, Unk.
Front row L-R : 2Lt Vernon A Arneson, Unk, Unk, 2Lt George J Gilmore Jr.
Unknowns - S/Sgt Frederic E Webb, S/Sgt Richard G Schmidt, 2Lt's John H Dean and Jerome E Kleinburg.
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osccherlsleben in B-17 42-38002; hit by flak, A/C set upon by fighters, hit 6'' below left armpit by 20mm cannon shell frag. 22-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2661
Awards: PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19083977 / O-741875
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 23 December 1906 | Son of Leonard Davis and Emma Evelyn [Hileman] Shutes. Husband of Florence Marie [Buhler] Shutes. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 2 October 1942 | |
Died |
Brunswick, Germany | 22 February 1944 | |
Buried |
Alvesse, Germany | 23 February 1944 | Interred Alvesse cemetery |
Buried |
Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA | Re-Interred Ivy Hill Cemetery Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, PA | |
Buried |
Re-Interred by Red Cross. | ||
Based |
Deenethorpe | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2661, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=836