Schiltz, Glen Dale, Jr., Maj

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Major

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1950-1951, Status - POW/MIA

Service Years
1940 - 1951

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

North Carolina

Year of Birth
1919

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Casualty Info

Home Town North Canton, Ohio	Last Address Tsuiki AB, Japan
Casualty Date Oct 06, 1950
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Korea, North	Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment North Canton Cemetery - North Canton, Ohio

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2014, Korean War Fallen

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1942-1945, P-47 Thunderbolt (Jug)

From Year 1942	To Year 1945

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Image	P-47 Thunderbolt (Jug) Details
	Aircraft/Missile Information Specifications StatsCentral Model Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Length 36.15 ft \| 11.02 m Width 40.68 ft \| 12.40 m Height 14.67 ft \| 4.47 m Engine(s) 1 x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 Double-Wasp eighteen cylinder radial engine generating 2,535hp. Empty Weight 9,949 lbs \| 4,513 kg MTOW 17,500 lbs \| 7,938 kg Max Speed 433 mph \| 697 km/h \| 376 kts Max Range 449 miles \| 722 km Ceiling 40,994 ft \| 12,495 m \| 7.8 miles Climb Rate 3,200 ft/min (976 m/min) Hardpoints 3 Armament 8 x 12.7mm Machine Guns 10 x 5 in Air-to-Surface HE Rockets Provision for bomb load, fuel drop tanks or rockets to a maximum of 2,500lbs (1,134kg). Accommodations 1 Major Variants * XP-47B - Prototype featuring XR-2800 radial generating 1,850hp. * P-47B - Production model based on XP-47B prototype; R-2800-21 radial engine. * P-47C - Extended fuselage; Later types of this model featuring R-2800-59 radial at 2,300hp; Provisions for drop tanks and bombs. * P-47D - Main production model of which 12,602 produced; R-2800-21W (2,300hp) or R-2800-59W (2,535hp) water-injected radial powerplants; Increased MTOW capacity; Provision for drop tanks and air-to-surface HE rockets. * P-47G - Wright-produced P-47D models of which 354 produced. * P-47M - 'Sprinter' interception model designed to combat the V1 / V2 rocket threat; Featured specialized airbrake system and R-2800-57(C) radial generating 2,800hp; 130 produced. * P-47N - Exclusive Pacific Theater model; Long range variant with increased and reinforced wing section of which 1,816 produced; Longer wingspan with blunt-tipped wing tips concealing fuel compartments; R-2800-77 radial generating 2,800hp.