Carl E Schultz

Military
media-44827.jpeg UPL 44827 Photo taken on or before August 16, 1942 showing the normal crew assigned to B-17E YANKEE DOODLE (41-9023) plus its Squadron Commander, Captain R. E. Flack.

Top Row Left-to-Right: 2nd Lt. James W. Dunn (Navigator); 2nd Lt. Carl E. Schultz (Bombardier); Capt. Rudolph E. Flack (414th CO & Pilot); 2nd Lt. John R. Dowswell (Pilot); 2nd Lt. William A. Hadden (Copilot).
Bottom Row Left-to-Right: S-Sgt. Edwin N. Breedlove (Radio & Waist Gunner); Sgt. Ernest B. Clark (Ball Turret Gunner); S-Sgt. Paul W. Haygreen (Engineer & Top Turret Gunner); Sgt. Raymond C. Lewis (Tail Gunner); Sgt. Frank Hayes (Waist Gunner); Sgt. Shiller Cohen (Photographer).

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Updated "Caption" on 10/5/2020 by RickFlack.

Object Number - UPL 44827 - Photo taken on or before August 16, 1942 showing the normal crew assigned to B-17E YANKEE DOODLE (41-9023) plus its Squadron Commander, Captain R. E....

Flew on 'Yankee Doodle' on first 8th AAF mission on 17 August 1942. He completed his mission tour . Member of Dowswell's crew

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Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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