Shattuck, Jack Dale

Individual Personnel Data
Name Shattuck, Jack Dale   ‡
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Rank Technical Sergeant / Captain
Serial Number 10601361   ‡
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #121 dated 18 October 1943, effective 18 October 1943.
  • Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station Stone, effective 20 May 1945.
Duty Navigator
MOS1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date 20 May 1945
Results Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 15 October 1915
  • Shattuck apparently trained as a navigator and flew with the RCAF, before transferring to the USAAF, initially retaining his equivalent RCAF enlisted rank.
  • From 3 November 1943 to 24 March 1944, he flew 26 missions, constituting a full combat tour, as a T/SGT Navigator.
  • Placed on seven days Temporary Duty on or about 27 January 1944 to Moulsford Manor near Chelsey (a FLAK House), Berkshire per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #16 dated 23 January 1944.
  • He remained with the 546th BS, finally being appointed a Flight Officer, serial number T-223156, on 25 May 1944 (546th Bomb Squadron history).
  • He resumed flying combat missions on 3 September 1944, and from this mission on flew only with lead crews.
  • Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army of the United States effective 26 December 1944 per Special Orders #257 dated 26 December 1944.
  • Appointed 1st Lieutenant on 14 January 1945 (546th Bomb Squadron history).
    Granted a seven day operational leave of absence effective 2 April 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #69 dated 31 March 1945.
  • Granted a seven day operational leave of absence effective 8 April 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #74 dated 5 April 1945.
  • Placed on approximately two days Temporary Duty to London on or about 21 April 1945, purpose Public Relations Office (PRO) Radio Activities per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #83 dated 17 April 1945.
  • Appointed Captain effective 4 May 1945 per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 10 May 1945.
Related Documents Accident Report # 45-03-16-523⇓ (3.493 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Jeter, Sydney Ryland, Jr⇗PilotKIA
2nd Lt. Schutz, George Frederick, Jr⇗Co-pilotKIA
T/SGT. Shattuck, Jack DaleNavigatorCT
2nd Lt. Swanson, Kenneth John⇗BombardierCT
T/SGT. Dupuis, George Edward⇗Radio Operator / GunnerKIA
T/SGT. MacDonald, Donald Van Buskirk⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Lisch, John Robert, "Bob"⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Scheffer, Edgar A (IO)⇗Tail GunnerKIA
T/SGT. Madl, Ferdinand Jacob⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Persoskie, Metro (NMI)⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 46 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
34⇗ 3 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑29651⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
35⇗ 5 November 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Navigator 41‑24575⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
38⇗ 29 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑29636⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
39⇗ 1 December 1943 Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant
Type: Industry
Location: Solingen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑37848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF Waterbeach, Cambs.
Sortie Report⇗
40⇗ 5 December 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France 		Navigator 42‑37776⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
41⇗ 11 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Navigator 42‑5838⇗ Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37848. Because of the delay in changing ships, unable to locate formation.
Sortie Report⇗
42⇗ 13 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 41‑24525⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead group.
Sortie Report⇗
43⇗ 16 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Navigator 42‑3429⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
46⇗ 24 December 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Croisette, France 		Navigator 42‑37848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Composite group, low Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
48⇗ 31 December 1943 Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship)
Type: Transportation
Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France 		Navigator 42‑37848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead. Landed away at Molesworth.
Sortie Report⇗
52⇗ 11 January 1944 Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt, Germany 		Navigator 42‑31235⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
54⇗ 21 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		Navigator 42‑37848⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41B Group Lead.
Sortie Report⇗
60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Navigator 42‑31375⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead, low group.
Sortie Report⇗
62⇗ 11 February 1944 Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry)
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Navigator 42‑31495⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Navigator 42‑37789⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41B Group. Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire, on return due to low fuel.
Sortie Report⇗
64⇗ 21 February 1944 Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Werl, Germany 		Navigator 42‑30026⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead, lead group.
Sortie Report⇗
65⇗ 22 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany 		Navigator 42‑29828⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41B Group.
Sortie Report⇗
66⇗ 24 February 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Navigator 42‑31058⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron, low group.
Sortie Report⇗
67⇗ 25 February 1944 Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany 		Navigator 42‑30026⇗ 41A Group. Ran off the perimeter track and delayed aircraft waiting to take off: was pulled out, but developed an oxygen leak in the waist and did not take off.
Sortie Report⇗
68⇗ 28 February 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Preuseville, France 		Navigator 42‑39991⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
69⇗ 2 March 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant and Machine Shop
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38014⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead group, high Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
70⇗ 3 March 1944 Target: Roller-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Navigator 42‑31222⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Forced to land immediately after takeoff because aircraft was losing fuel through a loose gas cap. After the problem was corrected on the ground, took off again and joined formation for mission.
Sortie Report⇗
72⇗ 6 March 1944 Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38014⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
High Squadron lead, high group, 40th Composite Combat Bomb Wing. Returned to base after group leader abandoned attempt to join assigned combat wing.
Sortie Report⇗
73⇗ 8 March 1944 Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38014⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
74⇗ 9 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Navigator 42‑31740⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
77⇗ 19 March 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Wizernes, France 		Navigator 42‑38014⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
78⇗ 20 March 1944 Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Navigator 42‑38014⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
80⇗ 23 March 1944 Target: Airdrome and Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Gütersloh, Germany 		Navigator 42‑31211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, lead group.
Sortie Report⇗
81⇗ 24 March 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Navigator 42‑31740⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
187⇗ 3 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8008⇗ Combat Mission Credit
PFF ship. High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report⇗
188⇗ 5 September 1944 Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Type: Industry
Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
PFF ship. Wing lead.
Sortie Report⇗
194⇗ 13 September 1944 Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany 		Navigator 42‑97986⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41st A Combat Wing lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
198⇗ 25 September 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8047⇗ Combat Mission Credit
B Wing lead. PFF & Gee-H ship, both of which failed prior to target, necessitating having the deputy lead the bomb run.
Sortie Report⇗
201⇗ 28 September 1944 Target: Steelworks
Type: Industry
Location: Magdeburg, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing lead. PFF ship. Landed away in Brussels due to flak damage.
Sortie Report⇗
205⇗ 5 October 1944 Type: Industry
Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany 		Navigator 43‑38016⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
215⇗ 25 October 1944 Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8008⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF ship. Resumed lead on bomb run after deputy's Gee-H equipment failed. Led Squadron to attack secondary target using PFF.
Sortie Report⇗
221⇗ 6 November 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany 		Navigator 44‑8211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
231⇗ 27 November 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Offenburg, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
237⇗ 9 December 1944 Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany 		Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. Feathered #3 engine bout 3 minutes after bombs away; relinquished lead to deputy and returned to base alone.
Sortie Report⇗
245⇗ 28 December 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Brühl, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Led group formation attack with all Squadrons dropping on leader, using Gee-H aiming.
Sortie Report⇗
253⇗ 8 January 1945 Target: Railroad
Type: Transportation
Location: Kyllburg, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8007⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
263⇗ 1 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany 		Navigator 42‑98027⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
272⇗ 23 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Plauen, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF ship. Landed away at Glatton Airfield, AAF Station 130.
Sortie Report⇗
276⇗ 27 February 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany 		Navigator 44‑8665⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
281⇗ 4 March 1945 Target: Ordnance Depot
Type: Military
Location: Ulm, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead; PFF and Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗
-- 16 March 1945 None
Non-combat sortie 		Navigator 42‑37822⇗ Right main landing gear collapsed after a hard landing at RAF Ringway. There were no injuries to personnel.
Sortie Report⇗
291⇗ 18 March 1945 Target: Schlesischer Railway Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Division lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
293⇗ 20 March 1945 Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8211⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
312⇗ 16 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Regensburg, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8649⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead. PFF ship.
Sortie Report⇗
315⇗ 20 April 1945 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Seddin, Germany 		Navigator 44‑8541⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group Lead. PFF & Gee-H ship.
Sortie Report⇗

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