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Crew PILOT: Howard R.  SCHULTE

Believe this to be the enlisted men of Lt Howard Schulte Crew.  Lester Swink is standing far right.   Courtesy of Daughter Lodi Claypoole 

MACR: 08814 CR: 08814

Crew Members:

Crew 1

NBR Person Position Status
1 LT Howard R. SCHULTE P KIA
2 LT Richard P. KEIRN CP POW
3 LT Jerome H. HUTCHESON NAV POW
4 LT Kenneth R. SUMMERS BOM POW
5 T/SGT Carl H. HARRE TTE POW
6 S/SGT Lester S. SWINK ROG POW
7 S/SGT George H. BERG BTG KIA
8 S/SGT Walter V. BUDZISZEWSKY WG KIA
9 S/SGT Donald S. GARNER WG RFS
10 S/SGT Otto REICHL WG POW

PHOTOS:

Form 5 for Lt Howard Schulte. Courtesy of Nephew Howard Ferrari 

Form 5 , September 1944 for Lt Howard Schulte. Courtesy of Nephew Howard Ferrari

List of Crew Members and contact info for next of Kin sent to the Schulte Family by the War Department.  Courtesy of Nephew Howard Ferrari. 

Cadet photo of Howard Schulte. Photo courtesy of Jessica Nash and Howard Ferrari. 

Lester Swink, ROG on Lt Howard Schulte Crew.  Courtesy of Daughter Lodi Claypoole 

Mission Diary of Lester Swink.  Courtesy of Daughter Lodi Claypoole 

Part II of mission diary of Lester Swink, ROG on Lt Schulte Crew.  Courtesy of Daughter Lodi Claypoole