Paul Shannon Evans
Military
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Paul S. Evans cuts the hair of his flight engineer upon the completion of their 33 mission tour with the 466th BG. The engineer, Jim Kazakus had vowed to not get a hair cut until their combat tour was finished.
Standing: Paul S. Evans (P)
Front Row L to R: Walter Schutt (B), Jim Kazakus (FE), Joe Columbo (TG)
466th bG - 786th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
Standing: Paul S. Evans (P)
Front Row L to R: Walter Schutt (B), Jim Kazakus (FE), Joe Columbo (TG)
466th bG - 786th BS 466th Bomb Group collection
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
page 83
DFC w 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Also served in Korea and Vietnam. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel.
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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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33702549
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Small Change
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Reliable Babe
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Laden Maid
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: This Above All
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rabbit Habit
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 December 1944
- Date: 14 October 1944
- Date: 5 October 1944
- Date: 30 August 1944
- Date: 26 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts | 24 July 1916 | |
Other 1st Combat Mission |
Woodbridge, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK | 11 August 1944 | "We had the usual close calls in our missions, the first, in my mind, being the worst. We, not being fully acclimated, had straggled a bit, and so we were quickly targeted. Flak hit us several times, primarily hitting #3 and #4 engines. We were immediately crippled of course, so started for a large RAF emergency field on the coast, just over the channel. As we lost altitude over the Channel, Red Evans (Pilot) called over the intercom: "Fellas it's now just like the movies, this is the time we start throwing things overboard." And we did! One of the two remaining engines gave out over the Channel, we clipped off the tops of a few trees on the English side. We saw the field, almost down for it, the last engine gave out, and as we were approaching a Nissen hut, Red nosed the plane over to stop it. I had previously hand cranked down the main gear, but there had been no time to get the nose wheel down. Well you would haver have seen 10 men jump out of an airplane faster and scramble to the fields edge. Luckily no one was hurt and after a few days rest, we went at it again." - Walter E. Schutt |
Died |
Homosassa, Florida | 5 March 2003 | |
Buried |
Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida | 9 March 2003 | Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, USA Add to Map Plot Sec 1B ROW 3B, Site 13 |
Jackson Heights, Queens, NY, USA | 32-36 79th Street |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
Letter from Walter Schutt to Chris Brassfield - 26 November 1999
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia