Name:
Clyde Herbert "Herb" Schultz
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-699745
Unit:
850th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-07-05
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
A
Row:
33
Grave:
30
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
The B-24 number 41-29599 named BOOTS took off at 2331 on 4 July 1944 from Harrington, UK to deliver supplies to the French resistance (Operation Peter). The plane was shot down by flak over Lagney le Sec, France, at 2am on the morning of 5 July. The entire crew of ten was killed. MACR 6991. LT Schultz was the copilot. He is back row middle in the picture.