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Norman A Bunney

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Biltburg on 8/15/44 in B-17 Bad Penny #4231183

POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Insignia associated with the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.

358th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Two airmen of the 303rd Bomb Group admire a pin up painted on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (BN-Y, serial number 42-31183). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'BN-Y. 'Bad Penny'? 91.'

42-31183

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Bad Penny
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of the east end of Molesworth airfield looking north, the control tower and two T2 hangars are right of the vertical runway, 5 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/889. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Blle Furche, South Dakota

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:38

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8170