Ivon J Schultz
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to the 384th Bomb Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, Lyles Henderson Crew (as IVAN). Two combat missions.
Shot down on 8th AF mission #68, 26 June 1943 in B-17 42-30037. Hit by flak and attacked by fighters, the plane was crash-landed near the present day site of Deauville St. Gatien Airport in France.
There is no record of a MACR documenting this loss.
POW
Connections
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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: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16042061
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795180
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734430
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16093121
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-389990
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
20 July 1911 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 June 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. | |
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Died |
25 May 1988 | ||
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Buried |
Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3572;
- Roll of Honor;
- Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey pp. 165-6
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database