Paul Shannon Evans

Military
media-37238.jpeg UPL 37238 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

"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
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Object Number - UPL 37238 - 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...

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

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
The nose art of a B-14 Liberator (serial number 44-40328) nicknamed "This Above All" of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • 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: 14 October 1944
  • Date: 5 October 1944
  • Date: 30 August 1944
  • Date: 26 August 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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Letter from Walter Schutt to Chris Brassfield - 26 November 1999

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

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