Noah Gunter

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Joined Sqd 8/16/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 10/18/44 (Leverkusen). Pilot: Lehnhausen, E. Plane was 'Flak Magnet' #4250596

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-764355
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Aiken, South Carolina, USA 6 July 1920

Enlisted

Biloxi, MS, USA 3 November 1943

Other

44th BG Combat Tour

Shipdham, UK 5 September 1944 - 18 October 1944 KIA on his 12th combat mission

Buried

Wagener, SC 29164, USA 22 August 1948 Wagener Cemetery Wagener, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

4364 TB Buttinge, Netherlands 18 October 1944 KIA when his aircraft crashed, possibly after colliding with another B-24, when flying through a thunderstorm front near the coast returning from a mission. Funeral services for Sgt. Noah Gunter, 24, who died in action on October 18, 1944 at Buttinge, Holland, will be held at the Wagenger Methodist church at 4:00 Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. Walter Johnson, pastor of St. John's Methodist church in Aiken, and Rev. M. W. Lever will conduct the services. Interment will be in the Wagener cemetery. The Aiken Post of the American Legion will furnish an honorary escort for the funeral. Military honors will be accorded by a detachment from Fort Jackson. Active pallbearers will be Ray Hydrick, Thomas Craig, Roy Hatto, Lewis Sheppherd, Eugene Ready and Henry Kirkland. The remains arrived in Aiken Tuesday morning and will be at the George Funeral Home until 10 o'clock Sunday morning after which time the body will be removed to the home of Mrs. Eula Gunter, 919 Marion St. Sgt. Gunter was the son of Mrs Eula Shepperd Gunter and the late John B. Gunter. He was born in Lexington county, and before entering the services was employed by the Georgia Air Service in Bennettsville. Sgt. Gunter was a member of the 8th Air Force and was based in England. At the time of his death he was on his 15th mission, Among the decoration he received while in the service are the Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster, the Purple Heart awarded posthumously, the American Defense, and the European Theater ribbons. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Eula Gunter, Aiken; one sister, Miss Ruth Gunter, Aiken; one brother, John B. Gunter, Jr., now with the Merchant Marine; and a number of aunts and uncles. (Aiken Standard & Review, Aiken, SC, Friday, August 20, 1948, p. 1, Col. 7)

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9654 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd MACR 9654