Elton J Schulties
Military ROLL OF HONOURAll information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Listed as passenger, runway accident at Hardwick in 'Hitler's Nightmare' B24 #41-23774, 20 Aug 43.
Crew member B-24 #41-24298 'Queenie', shot down by Me 109 fighters on 13th Nov 43 mission to Bremen, Germany Port Area. Plane crashed into North Sea, off west coast Isle of Amrum near Norddorf, Germany. KIA. MACR 2198.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Queenie
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Door County, WI, USA | 9 February 1917 | Feb. 9, 1917, Door County Wisconsin, USA. |
Died |
Amrum, Germany | 13 November 1943 | B-24 #41-24298 'Queenie', shot down by Me 109 fighters on 13th Nov 43 mission to Bremen, Germany Port Area. Plane crashed into North Sea, off west coast Isle of Amrum near Norddorf, Germany. KIA. MACR 2198. |
Other Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 409th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. TDY 9th AF. | |
Buried |
North Bay, WI, USA | Elton Schulties Memorial Cemetery, North Bay Door County, Wisconsin, USA. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2189 / MACR 2189, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey p. 252 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database