William served as a Second Lieutenant & Bombardier/Navigator on B-24H #42-95098, 701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Winona County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 23, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
B-24H #42-95098 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 124 England on a bombing mission over Neufchâtel, France. Near the target they were hit in the bomb bay area by ground anti-aircraft fire which entirely disabled the B-24. They crashed southwest of Neufchâtel.
William was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: O-699572.
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95098:
Brotherton, Robert C. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Montgomery, Shelley D. ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, AZ
Prisinzano, Emilio T. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Schellhas, William L. ~ 2nd Lt, Bomb/Navi, ~ MN
( Crew Repot by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Winona County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 23, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
B-24H #42-95098 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 124 England on a bombing mission over Neufchâtel, France. Near the target they were hit in the bomb bay area by ground anti-aircraft fire which entirely disabled the B-24. They crashed southwest of Neufchâtel.
William was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: O-699572.
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95098:
Brotherton, Robert C. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Montgomery, Shelley D. ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, AZ
Prisinzano, Emilio T. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Schellhas, William L. ~ 2nd Lt, Bomb/Navi, ~ MN
( Crew Repot by: Russ Pickett )
William served as a Second Lieutenant & Bombardier/Navigator on B-24H #42-95098, 701st Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Winona County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 23, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
B-24H #42-95098 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 124 England on a bombing mission over Neufchâtel, France. Near the target they were hit in the bomb bay area by ground anti-aircraft fire which entirely disabled the B-24. They crashed southwest of Neufchâtel.
William was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: O-699572.
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95098:
Brotherton, Robert C. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Montgomery, Shelley D. ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, AZ
Prisinzano, Emilio T. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Schellhas, William L. ~ 2nd Lt, Bomb/Navi, ~ MN
( Crew Repot by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Winona County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 23, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
B-24H #42-95098 took off, with a crew of 10, from Station 124 England on a bombing mission over Neufchâtel, France. Near the target they were hit in the bomb bay area by ground anti-aircraft fire which entirely disabled the B-24. They crashed southwest of Neufchâtel.
William was "Killed In Action" in this crash during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service ID: O-699572.
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Airmen who perished on B-24H #42-95098:
Brotherton, Robert C. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Montgomery, Shelley D. ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, AZ
Prisinzano, Emilio T. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Schellhas, William L. ~ 2nd Lt, Bomb/Navi, ~ MN
( Crew Repot by: Russ Pickett )
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2LT, 701 AAF BOMB SQ, 445 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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