Louis W Schulte
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Personal Photo collection
Object Number - UPL 38200 - 1st Lt. Lloyd L. Burns and crew, 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron.
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 29th mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6983
Had swapped positions with waist gunner 'Dick' Andrews at some point on mission. Awarded DFC posthumously.
Awards: DFC, PH.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14079510 / O-810816
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Canvey Point
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jerseyville, IL | 12 May 1920 | Son of Bernard J 'Ben' Schulte. |
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Other Draft registration |
St Louis, MO | 1 July 1941 | At draft registration working as shipping clerk for M Krohn & Park Drug Co. |
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Other Killed in action |
Canvey Island | 19 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 42-97942; A/C collided with 44-6133 in the haze and crashed into the Thames Estuary. KIA MACR 6983 |
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Buried |
20 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery | |
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Enlisted |
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA | Entered service from Pennsylvania. | |
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Buried |
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum Saint Louis, St. Louis City, MO | Re-Interred Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47189457/louis-w.-schulte
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6983 / MACR 6983; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
