John served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-17G (#43-38072), 848th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 19, 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida. He was noted as being employed as a Chemist, assayer, and/or metallurgist and also as Single, without dependents.
John was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was rammed by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber was cut in half, with the tail section separating relatively intact, allowing the rear gunner, Sgt. Craig M. Bennett, to parachute to the ground where he was taken as a POW and survived the war.
John was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-829084
Son of Frances G Schultz.
Brother of Joseph M. Schultz who resided in Dundalk, Maryland.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G (#43-38072):
Black, Frederick L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Butterfield, James R ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, Utah
Elie, Joseph T ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, Maine
Farkas, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Kennedy, Lloyd E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
Lennon, Charles C ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
Schultz, John J 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Sten, Carl E ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kansas
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook )
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He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 19, 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida. He was noted as being employed as a Chemist, assayer, and/or metallurgist and also as Single, without dependents.
John was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was rammed by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber was cut in half, with the tail section separating relatively intact, allowing the rear gunner, Sgt. Craig M. Bennett, to parachute to the ground where he was taken as a POW and survived the war.
John was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-829084
Son of Frances G Schultz.
Brother of Joseph M. Schultz who resided in Dundalk, Maryland.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G (#43-38072):
Black, Frederick L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Butterfield, James R ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, Utah
Elie, Joseph T ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, Maine
Farkas, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Kennedy, Lloyd E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
Lennon, Charles C ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
Schultz, John J 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Sten, Carl E ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kansas
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook )
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John served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-17G (#43-38072), 848th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 19, 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida. He was noted as being employed as a Chemist, assayer, and/or metallurgist and also as Single, without dependents.
John was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was rammed by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber was cut in half, with the tail section separating relatively intact, allowing the rear gunner, Sgt. Craig M. Bennett, to parachute to the ground where he was taken as a POW and survived the war.
John was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-829084
Son of Frances G Schultz.
Brother of Joseph M. Schultz who resided in Dundalk, Maryland.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G (#43-38072):
Black, Frederick L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Butterfield, James R ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, Utah
Elie, Joseph T ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, Maine
Farkas, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Kennedy, Lloyd E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
Lennon, Charles C ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
Schultz, John J 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Sten, Carl E ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kansas
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook )
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He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 19, 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida. He was noted as being employed as a Chemist, assayer, and/or metallurgist and also as Single, without dependents.
John was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was rammed by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber was cut in half, with the tail section separating relatively intact, allowing the rear gunner, Sgt. Craig M. Bennett, to parachute to the ground where he was taken as a POW and survived the war.
John was awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-829084
Son of Frances G Schultz.
Brother of Joseph M. Schultz who resided in Dundalk, Maryland.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G (#43-38072):
Black, Frederick L ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Butterfield, James R ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, Utah
Elie, Joseph T ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, Maine
Farkas, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Kennedy, Lloyd E ~ Sgt, Radio Operator, New Jersey
Lennon, Charles C ~ Sgt, Gunner, New York
Schultz, John J 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Sten, Carl E ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, Kansas
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook )
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