George R Shullo
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Added connections to airmen's records
Object Number - UPL 31835 - CREW OF THE BUCKEYE BABY: WILLIAM SHACKELFORD "SHACK"; GEORGE SHULLO "SHULLO"; JAMES M. RUSH "JIM"; WILLIAM SCANLON "BUD"; MARVIN LUCKFELD...
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat missions. Leipzig mission 16-Aug-44; Mortally wounded by flak hit to head, despite the crews best efforts, he never regained consciousness and died on the return to base. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR
Awards: PH.
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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
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carrie B II
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Westmoreland County, PA | 16 August 1918 | Son of Bartalo and Lucy M Shullo, brother to Flora, Anna and Mary. |
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Died |
Leipzig, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Leipzig mission 16-Aug-44; Mortally wounded by flak hit to head, despite the crews best efforts, he never regained consciousness and died on the return to base. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR |
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Buried |
17 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery* *Speculative | |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 613rBS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Verona, PA | Re-Interred Mount Carmel Cemetery Verona, Allegheny County, PA |
Revisions
Added George R Shullo's name to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2176