James Kerwin Hunter
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Cemeteries on Foreign Soil
Object Number - UPL 20433 - James Kerwin Hunter
Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Tilburg in B-24 44-40210 during a supply drop in Operation Market Garden. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-814244
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12030363
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34588582
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39303415 / O-754955
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18127645
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ill Be Seeing You
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Udenhout / Biezenmortel
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Hastings, Minnesota, USA | 1 January 1922 | Son of Laurence H. and Mary F. [Hendricks] Hunter. |
|
Enlisted |
Northfield, MN | 10 February 1941 | Northfield, Minnesota |
|
Other Killed in Action |
Tilburg, Netherlands | 18 September 1944 | |
|
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot D Row 21 Grave 7 | |
|
Based |
Metfield | 18 September 1944 | Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/85312155/james-k-hunter
https://www.fold3.com/record/85312155/james-k-hunter-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529873794/james-k-hunter-american-battle-m…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139468098
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56300033/james-kerwin-hunter
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Cemeteries on Foreign Soil; World War II Army Enlistment Records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10211 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
