Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. 17-Aug-43 Glen Schiltz’s unit was in aerial combat against German forces in the European Theatre of Operations when he shot down three German aircraft in a single engagement. His flying skills, courageous actions and extraordinary heroism that day earned him the U.S. Army's second highest award for valour, the Distinguished Service Cross.



Schiltz was promoted to Captain on 6 February 1944. He returned to the United States as a World War II Ace with 200 combat hours, 8 enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat and 3 damaged.



Killed in action in Korea, on 16-Oct-50 (Captain Schiltz was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 35th, Fighter-Interceptor Group. On October 6, 1950, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and exploded one-half mile west of Pyongyang, North Korea."



Awards: DSC, SS, DFC (3OLC), AM(4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME( 2 battle star), UN, Korean medal.



DSC Citation:

"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Glenn D. Schiltz, Jr., First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-47 Fighter Airplane in the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56 Fighter Group, EIGHTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 17 August 1943, in the European Theater of Operations. On this date Lieutenant Schiltz shot down three enemy aircraft in a single engagement. First Lieutenant Schiltz's unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 8th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces."



Headquarters: European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 73 (1943).