LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Lancelot Hood SCHULTZ
Service No: 411532
Born: Millicent SA, 22 November 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 272 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 272 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft X8132), Central Mediterranean, 17 March 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Adolph and Annie Sophia Schultz; husband of Mavis Lillian Schultz, of Yass, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 12, Column 2, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Victory Memorial Gardens Cenotaph, Wagga Wagga NSW
On 17 March 1943, Beaufighter X8132 took off from Takali with other aircraft of the Squadron to act as an escort to Beauforts engaged on a shipping strike. Over the target many combats took place with enemy aircraft of different types, and it was possible that X8132 was shot down as it did not return to base. It was not seen to return from the target area after combat. It was later recorded that the missing crew members had lost their lives at sea.
The crew members of X8132 were:
Sergeant Lancelot Hood Schultz (411532) (Pilot)
Sergeant Willie Ackroyd Wainwright (1435595) (RAFVR) (Observer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/37/52
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line