Walter Eugene Schutt
Military
Heath H. Carriker Crew
466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadron
B-24J-1-FO #42-95592 "Black Cat" Code: T9-U
Standing Left to Right: Forrest Jackson (WG), Howard L. DeBoer (B), Jack H. Wendling (CP), Walter Schutt (PN), Ben Elizado (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: Steve Barnes (FE), Courtland L. Brovitz (N), Heath H. Carriker (P), Clarence A. Broadway (RN)
Crew not in photo: Willie Dee (TG), Joe Olandese (BTG/WG) 466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 16148 - Crew #640/462 Heath H. Carriker Crew 466th BG - 786th and 784th Bomb Squadron B-24J-1-FO #42-95592 "Black Cat" Code: T9-U Standing Left to...
Flew 30 missions. 23 December 1944 Dahlhem. August 1944 over France. On 1st mission, pilot landed with all 4 engines out.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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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: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34116224 / O-747210
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-695625
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio | 27 July 1917 | |
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Other 1st combat mission |
Woodbridge, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK | 11 August 1944 | "We had the usual close calls in our missions, the first, in my mind, being the worst. We, not being fully acclimated, had straggled a bit, and so we were quickly targeted. Flak hit us several times, primarily hitting #3 and #4 engines. We were immediately crippled of course, so started for a large RAF emergency field on the coast, just over the channel. As we lost altitude over the Channel, Red Evans (Pilot) called over the intercom: "Fellas it's now just like the movies, this is the time we start throwing things overboard." And we did! One of the two remaining engines gave out over the Channel, we clipped off the tops of a few trees on the English side. We saw the field, almost down for it, the last engine gave out, and as we were approaching a Nissen hut, Red nosed the plane over to stop it. I had previously hand cranked down the main gear, but there had been no time to get the nose wheel down. Well you would haver have seen 10 men jump out of an airplane faster and scramble to the fields edge. Luckily no one was hurt and after a few days rest, we went at it again." - Walter E. Schutt |
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Died |
Ohio, USA | 12 May 2004 | |
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Buried |
Wilmington, OH 45177, USA | 16 May 2004 | Sugar Grove Cemetery Wilmington Clinton County Ohio, USA Plot: Section 2, lot 107 |
| West Alexandria, OH 45381, USA | Rural Route 2 |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
Letter from Walter Schutt to Chris Brassfield - 26 November 1999
466th BG Archives
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
