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SCHULTZ, Chester J - Date of
birth
7 August 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Ohio -
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O2045244 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 May 1944 - Place of
death
Near Kamberg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| M | 12 | 8 |
Immediate family
-
Members
John Schultz (father)
Helen (Juhn) Schultz (mother)
Joseph Schultz (brother)
Madeline M. (Gaukin) Schultz (wife)
Jeannette Schultz (daughter)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97654 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Brux, Czechoslovakia
Mission: Bombing of Sudetenlandische Treibstoffwerke AG-hydrogenation plant
MACR: 4861
More information
2nd Lt Chester J. Schultz graduated from James Ford Rhodes high school.He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio on 5 February 1943.
The plane was the lead pathfinder of this mission and went down in a tight spiral with the right wing cut off at #4 engine and was on fire.
Only two men survived: the pilot Capt Jim Knupp and the radio operator Manuel Reuben. The plane crashed at 1215 hours in an open pasture near Kamberg.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 census / Ohio Birth Index / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Kimberly Demor