Ivon J Schultz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38197263
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16051589
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-522727
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39388100
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

20 July 1911

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

26 June 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.

Died

25 May 1988

Buried

Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery  

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Added a Buried event per info in the event description.

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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

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384thbombgroup.com

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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database