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T/SGT  Carl H. HARRE

UNIT: 350th BOMB Sqdn POSITION: TTE
SERIAL #: 17073203 STATUS: POW
MACR: 08814 CR: 08814

Comments1: 11 SEP 44 RUHLAND (EAC - FLAK)

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MEMO 1:

CREW

2ND LT HOWARD R. SCHULTE                P KIA   11 SEP 44 RUHLAND
F/O RICHARD P. "Pappy" KEIRN             CP POW 11 SEP 44 RUHLAND                             A/C #43-38043
2ND LT JEROME H. HUTCHESON           NAV POW 11 SEP 44 RUHLAND                   MACR #8814, Micro-fiche #3235
2ND LT KENNETH R. SUMMERS           BOM POW 11 SEP 44 RUHLAND
S/SGT LESTER S. SWINK                   ROG POW 11 SEP 44 RUHLAND
S/SGT CARL H. HARRE                       TTE POW 11 SEP 44 RUHLAND
SGT GEORGE H. BERG                       BTG KIA    11 SEP 44 RUHLAND
SGT WALTER BUDZISZEWSKI               WG KIA    11 SEP 44 RUHLAND
SGT DONALD S. GARNER                    WG RFS DUE TO UNCONTROLLABLE AIR SICKNESS/ OVER GARNER'S OBJECTIONS
SGT OTTO REICHL                            TG POW 11 SEP 44  RUHLAND

350TH SQDN…CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 2 AUG 1944.  

Missions of Crew:

      Date         Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
1.   8/14/1944 SCHULTE H.R. LT P 31220 LUDWIGHSAVEN (OIL)
2.   8/15/1944 SCHULTE H.R. LT P 38043 VENLO
3.   8/24/1944 SCHULTE H.R. LT P 31991 RUHLAND (OIL)
4.   8/26/1944 SCHULTE H.R. LT P 97924 BREST
5.   8/27/1944 SCHULTE H.R. LT P 97924 BERLIN (RECALL)
6.   9/3/1944   SCHULTE H.R. LT P 38043 BREST
7.   9/5/1944   SCHULTE H.R. LT P 38043 STUTTGART (AERO ENGS)
8.   9/11/1944 SCHULTE H.R. LT P 38043 RUHLAND (OIL)

S.O.C. page 79 says Schulte was killed by a 20mm shell.

THE CP IS THE 100TH'S WELL KNOWN COL RICHARD P. KEIRN .  ( SEE KEIRN RECORD FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS REVERED 100TH VETERAN.) 

              COLONEL  RICHARD P. KEIRN

A POW IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR SEVEN YEARS; THE ONLY 100TH VETERAN TO BE A POW IN TWO WARS.  COL KEIRN REMAINED IN THE SERVICE AND RETIRED AS A COLONEL. HE CONDUCTED HIMSELF IN A ELEGANT AND COURAGEOUS MANNER THROUGHOUT HIS COMBAT AND THE ORDEAL OF IMPRISONMENT IN GERMANY AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.   HIS SPARKLING OUTLOOK ON LIFE IS NOT DIMMED BY THE GREAT SACRIFICES HE HAS MADE FOR HIS COUNTRY. COL KEIRN IS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY ALL WHO KNOW HIM AND  IS PROUDLY CLAIMED BY THE 100TH'S .

 Letter from Lt. Jerome H. Hutcheson, Navigator,  dated 5 Aug 1945...

 ". . . From the moment of the first fighter attack, the pilot, Lt Howard R. Schulte, was unconscious, presumably from lack of oxygen. . . After continuing flying, the co-pilot, who was in command of the ship, decided that further attempts to put out the fire and return of our base would be of no avail and the order to bail out was given.  The pilot had returned to consciousness, stating he was all right and unwounded to the co-pilot's inquiry.  He immediately confirmed the co-pilots decision to abandon ship.  I bailed out later. the Bombardier, Lt. Kenneth R. Summers later told me that he saw the pilot, Lt Schulte, and believed him to be the last person aboard the aircraft.. When last seen he was flying the aircraft at 75oo feet altitude going down fast.  One wing was a mass of flames due to flak damage.  He saw no more chutes come from the plane. Lt Summers believes that Lt Schulte did not bail out or if he did his chute did not open.  He may have decided to crash land the aircraft."

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    TARGET:
			Ruhland
    DATE: 
			1944-09-11
     
  

  

    AIRCRAFT:
	(43-38043)
    CAUSE:
			EAC - FLAK - Fire
     
  



			


			

            
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