Frank A Schultz
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
While serving a Navigator/Bombardier on B-26B-15 MA 41-34971 'Pay Off ' the aircraft was attacked by a German fighter while on a mission to bomb the German airfield of Beaumont Le Roger, France. The attack killed 2LT Schultz, set the right engine on fire, and crashed one mile northeast of Brionne near Rouen, France August 22, 1943. Killed in Action (KIA) 386th BG was part of the 8th BG from July-October 1943.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Pay Off
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 554th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Brionne, France | 22 August 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by a German fighter. |
Buried |
Bernay, France | 24 August 1943 | Buried by the Germans in the Community Cemetery of Bernay, France. Exact location in the cemetery has never been determined. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-May-2015. Added SN and made connection to Place, AIrcraft and Mission per MACR 375; Summary Biography, KIA Event and Burial event added based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey, Combat Chronology Supplement, MACR 0375