1940

Father: Frank Shults

Ed. Secondary School

RAF from 1937-38 (F/O), then FAA to Jul 1939 Sub-Lt, RN.

m. Sep 1939 Joan Beatrice [Morris]; "Mr Shults is a keen rugby player, and both he and his new wife are talented pianists."

Served on the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous, but was invalided out of the Fleet Air Arm 'due to a nervous breakdown'. [Just in time, too - Courageous was torpedoed and sunk in September 1939.]

prev. exp. 400 hrs

Address in 1940: Little Mancot, Hawarden, Flints

Postings: 1FPP, 3FPP

One 'pilot at fault' accident on 26 Dec 1940, in Anson N9933; he took off after sunset, ran into heavy mist and had to force land in a field.

Off sick from 14 Jan to 28 Apr 1941 with Fibrositis

 "A good 'fair-weather' pilot", said his C.O. Walter Handley

 Contract Terminated 20 Sep 1941

Later the Headmaster of Apley Park Boarding School, Bridgnorth, Shropshire

 d. 10 Nov 1984 - Suffolk  

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