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Personal info

Full name
SCHULTZ, Charles James
Date of birth
9 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-817542
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
748th Bombardment Squadron,
457th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Hornburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 14 16

Immediate family

Members
Charles Schultz (father)
Gertrude Schultz (mother)
Lena D. Schultz (sister)
Anna J. Schultz (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38026
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a tank factory
MACR: 9770

More information

1st Lt Charles J. Schultz was employed at Harrington & Richardson.

Twenty-five to fifty Me-109s and FW-190s attacked the group just before the initial point of the bombing run.

The airplane exploded in the air and burned after the crash. One crew member survived and was taken prisoner and eight men were killed.

1st Lt Schultz didn't bail out.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JoMarRo