Frank A. Schultz was born on January 25, 1921, in Maryland. He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 24, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Office Clerk and also as Single, without dependents.
Frank served in the 554th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomber Group, Medium, as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator on the B26 #41-34971 RU*Q "Pay Off" during World War II.
On August 22, 1943, the crew took off from Station 150 in Boxted, England on a mission to bomb enemy ground targets at Beaumont-le-Roger aerodrome in France. Their plane was shot by hunter Fw190 piloted by Uffz Ludwig Schollenberger at 7:03 PM which resulted in an engine being damaged and a fire, which involved the fuel tanks being started in the bomb bay. The plane was partially evacuated and after the fourth man had parachuted to safety, the plane exploded in midair and crashed 1km northeast of Brionne. 2 were Killed in Action (including 2Lt Schultz), 2 were taken as prisoners, and 2 escaped.
2Lt Schultz is now buried in the Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA.
B26 #41-34971 crew:
2Lt Wilma T. Caldwell - Pilot
2Lt Andrew Gowen Lindsay - Co-Pilot
2Lt Frank A. Schultz - Navigator
S/Sgt William Matthew Callahan - Mechanic/Machine Gunner
T/Sgt Clayton H. Burdick - Radio Operator
S/Sgt Edward C. Sharpe - Machine Gunner
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