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MACR PILOT: 2Lt  Howard R.  Schulte  - O-815563
MACR: 08814 FICHE : 03235

ORGANIZATION
LOCATION: AAF Station #139 COMMAND: VIII AF GROUP: 100th Bomb Gp (H) AAF
SQUADRON: 350th BS DETACHMENT:  
     

DETAIL
DEPARTURE:AAF Station #139 INITIAL COURSE: SE  
INTENDED DESTINATION: Ruhland    
MISSION TYPE:Operational    

WEATHER & VISIBILITY AT TIME OF LAST REPORT
CONDITION: 7 - 10/10 undercast    

GIVE
DATE: 1944-09-11 TIME: 12:05 LOCATION: 5035N - 1310E

SPECIFY:

Last contacted by radio

CONFIRMED OR BELIEVED REASON FOR LOSS
LOSS DUE TO : Enemy anti-aircraft

OTHER REASON FOR LOSS:

AIRCRAFT: 43-38043
TYPE: B-17 SERIES: G  
     
     

ENGINES:
MODEL: R-1820-97    
A: SW-022390
B: SW-022379
C: 41-55873
D: SW-022526
    

INSTALLED WEAPONS:
A: 1216565
B: 1216552
C: 1216790
D: 1216639		 E: 12169018
F: 1216763
G: 1216796
H: 1216727		 I: 1216855
J: 1216554
K: 1216659
L: 1216587

PERSONS BELOW ARE LISTED AS:
CASUALTY TYPE: Battle casualty  
NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD:    
CREW: 9 PASS: 0 TOTAL: 9

PERSONNEL:

POSITION NAME RANK SERIAL
P1
P2 Howard R.  Schulte 2Lt O-815563
CP Richard P. Keirn F/O T-124410
NAV (N) Jerome H. Hutcherson 2Lt O-718318
BOM (B) Kenneth R. Summers 2Lt O-7577755
RAD Lester S. Swink TSgt 13061774
ENG Carl H. Harre TSgt 17073203
BAL George H. Berg SSgt 32766613
WG (W) Walter Budziszewski SSgt 16171642
WG (W)
TG (T) Otto Reichi SSgt 33827404

PERSONS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE LAST KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT

W.C. Ivosevic 2Lt 0818525
Last sighted
J.H. McLaughlin 2Lt O-816523
Last sighted    
T.H. Kemp 1Lt O-812277

PERSONNEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SURVIVED

REASON: Parachutes were used OTHER:  

EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS OF CRASH

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PREPARING OFFICER


PREPARED BY: WALTER G. BURKE 1st Lt. Air Corps Assistant Adjutant  


DATE PREPARED:
  1944-09-13


  



TRANSCRIBER NOTES



    
    REPORT: 
Lt. Jerome H. Hutcherson, NAV, dated August 5th, 1945:
 "… From the moment of the first fighter attack, the pilot, Lt Howard R. Schulte, was unconscious from lack of oxygen… After continuing flying, the co-pilot, who was in command of the ship decided further attempts to put out the fires and return to base was impossible and he gave the order to bail out. At this time the pilot returned to consciousness, stating he was all right and not wounded to the co-pilots inquiry. He, Schulte, immediately confirmed the co-pilots decision to abandon ship. I bailed out later, with the co-pilot. The Bombardier, Lt Kenneth R. Summers later told me he saw the pilot, Lt Schulte, and believed him to be the last person aboard the aircraft. When last seen was flying the at 7500 feet and descending fast. One wing was a mass of flames due to flak damage. He stated, BOM, that he saw no more chutes from the plane. Lt Summers believes Lt Schulte did not bail out or if he did his chute did not open. Further he feels that Schulte may have decided to crash land the aircraft."

The Co-pilot was the 100th's well known Richard P. Keirn. This revered 100th veteran was a prisoner of the Germans until May 1945 and was POW in Viet Nam for seven (7) years. See Keirn Record for more data.