Frederick Leroy Shantz
MilitaryAssigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Bill Trimble crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield in B-17 42-40002 19-Jun-44; force landed Le Pouyau. Evaded capture (EVD) MACR 6001. Back in England on 17 August 1944.
See the page with details about his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fshantzfl.html
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x battle Star).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13054628 / O-670027
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-36895
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Breezing Home
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | 31 May 1915 | Son of Fred and Cleo Shantz. |
Other Evaded |
Le Pouyau, France | 19 June 1944 - 14 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield in B-17 42-40002 19-Jun-44; force landed Le Pouyau. Evaded capture (EVD) MACR 6001 |
Died |
Tucson, Pima County, AZ | 3 March 1985 | |
Buried |
Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum Tucson, Pima County, AZ | 6 March 1985 | Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum Tucson, Pima County, Arizona |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 19 June 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28653034
https://www.fold3.com/image/189376597
https://www.fold3.com/image/538994764
https://www.fold3.com/record/625377872/fred-shantz-1915-veterans-affair…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=957
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=13501
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68424568/frederick-leroy-shantz
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6001 / MACR 6001, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=957 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database