Chester J Schultz
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Front Row: Chester Shultz, Glenn Fister, Sherman Gillespie, Bob Ketcham
Corrected surname of Christianson to Christiansen - Bishop & Hey "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces"
Object Number - UPL 39072 - Back Row: Steve Condur, Willard Berg, Bob Christiansen, Ernie Richardson, Jack Fletcher Front Row: Chester Shultz, Glenn Fister, Sherman Gillespie,...
Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return Brux, Czech shot down, crashed at Kamberg, Germany 12-May-44 in B-17 42-97654. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4861.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16042154 / O-661944
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 7 August 1916 | |
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH, USA | 5 February 1943 | Cleveland, Ohio |
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Other Killed in action |
Kamberg, 53940 Hellenthal, Germany | 12 May 1944 | Failed to Return Brux, Czech shot down, crashed at Kamberg, Germany 12-May-44 in B-17 42-97654. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4861. |
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Buried |
Re-interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 12 Grave 8 | ||
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | 12 May 1944 | Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4861 / MACR 4861; Snetterton Falcons, page 109, 124 & 148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
