Julius Preston Shutz Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 84030 - 1st Lt Julius P. Shutz Jr
Assigned to 423BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x missions. ETD. Transferred to the 312th/310th ferrying squadron until October '44. Then back to the states for more training.
Mission List: Bremen, Bremen, Ludwigshafen, Kiel, Ludwigshafen
Halberstadt, Calais, Calais, Frankfurt, Brunswick, Leipzig, Hopsten, Calais, Frankfurt, Erkner, Berlin, Berlin, Hamm, Frankfurt, Brunswick, Stettin, Calais, Hamm, Obertfoffenhafen, Nancy, Nancy, Avord, Berlin, Merseburg.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Paper Doll
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
5 April 1920 | BornBaltimore, Maryland | |
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Enlisted |
16 April 1942 | EnlistedHarrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
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Other Commissioned |
24 May 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt | |
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Other Discharged |
20 August 1945 | ||
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Died |
30 July 1996 | DiedLusby, Maryland | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
2 August 1996 | InterredMount Rose CemeterySpring Garden Township, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/544434400
https://www.fold3.com/record/17058700/julius-p-shutz-us-social-security-death-index
https://www.fold3.com/record/83778657/julius-p-shutz-jr-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39783804/julius-preston-shutz
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143841029?objectPage=157
