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Personal info

Full name
SCHULTZ, Clyde Herbert "Herb"
Date of birth
11 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-699745
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
850th Bombardment Squadron,
801st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 July 1944
Place of death
Lagny-le-Sec, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 33 30

Immediate family

Members
John A. Schultz (father)
Carrie S. (Martin) Schultz (mother)
Louise Schultz (sister)
John A. Schultz (brother)
Charles M. Schultz (brother)
Mary E. Schultz (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-50386
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Boots
Destination: France
Mission: Airdrop of weapons
MACR: 6991

More information

2nd Lt Clyde H. Schultz graduated from Williamsport High School and was an engineering student at Pennsylvania State College before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 24 July 1942.

The aircraft was shot down by an Me-110 night fighter approximately 35 miles south of Paris on the morning of 5 July. It exploded and crashed at 0200hrs at a spot known locally as Les Trois Mares in Lagny-Le-Sec, France.

All eight crew members were killed.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The Express - 25 August 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / John McDonald / Joel Frampton Gilfert, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot Class Book 43-J Coleman Flying School Texas