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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 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)
Crew #651 Paul S. Evans Crew Standing Left to Right: Walter Schutt (B), Jim Kazakus (FE), Jerry Cappellini (WG), Thomas Dilworth (CP), Paul "Red" Evans (P) Kneeling Left to Right: William Gillespie (B), Leon Lascor (R/O), Joe Columbo (TG), William Moore (NG), ? Campbell (WG) Missing from the photo is the regular co-pilot, David Cahill. He and Dilworth had switched places while Dilworth was in Major Jacobowitz' dog house for wrecking a couple of planes! He eventually got his crew back.
Members of the Paul S. "Red" Evans crew celebrating the end of their tour with a haircut for Jim Kazakus who vowed not to cut his hair until they finished their tour. Standing: Paul S. "Red" Evans (P) Kneeling Left to Right: Walter Schutt (B), JIm Kazukas (FE), Joe Columbo (TG) Kneeling Left to Right:
Paul S. Evans cuts the hair of his flight engineer upon the completion of their 33 mission tour with the 466th BG. The engineer, Jim Kazakus had vowed to not get a hair cut until their combat tour was finished. Standing: Paul S. Evans (P) Front Row L to R: Walter Schutt (B), Jim Kazakus (FE), Joe Columbo (TG) 466th bG - 786th BS
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
Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Dec 23, 44 on mission to Blatchen, ger. flack disabled aileron and rudder control with resulting loss of altitude from 23,000 to 8,000 ft. With elevator controls and all engines we made it back to Base 1:30 late. This was a close call!
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Military | Captain | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
DFC w 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Also served in Korea and Vietnam. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel.
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Squadron
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Cleveland, Ohio | 27 July 1917 |
| Lived in | West Alexandria, OH 45381, USA | 1942 |
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Rural Route 2 |
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| 1st combat mission | Woodbridge, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK | 11 August 1944 |
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"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 |
| Buried | Wilmington, OH 45177, USA | 16 May 2004 |
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Sugar Grove Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 June 2016 01:51:59 | 466thHistorian | Changes to nickname and events |
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Letter from Walter Schutt to Chris Brassfield - 26 November 1999 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 May 2015 02:17:49 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, role, events, person associations and unit associations |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 December 2014 02:49:09 | 466thHistorian | Changes to awards and events |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self |
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