Robert A Tunnell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Lieutenant Bob Tunnel and Lieutenant Daniel McCarthy of the 25th Bomb Group stand with a Mosquito at Watton that has received flak damage to one of its engines. Printed caption on reverse: '60900 A.C.- Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy of the 654th Bomb. Sqdn. 25th Bomb Group. standing beside a flak damaged DeHavilland "Mosquito" Reconnaissance. England. August 4, 1944 U.S. Air Force Photo.' The names 'Bob' and 'Daniel' have been handwritten above 'Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy' respectively. Handwritten caption media-378771.jpg FRE 595 1st Lt Robert A 'Bob' Tunnell [Pilot] and 1st Lt David A 'Dan' McCarthy [Observer] of the 8 Reconnaissance Squadron (Special)(P), 802 Reconnaissance Group (Special) (P), 8 Reconnaissance Wing (P) with a de Havilland DH98 Mosquito PR XVI NS559 at Watton that has received 'flak' damage to one of its engines, 4 August 1944.

Printed caption on reverse: '60900 A.C.- Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy of the 654th Bomb. Sqdn. 25th Bomb Group. standing beside a flak damaged DeHavilland "Mosquito" Reconnaissance. England. August 4, 1944 U.S. Air Force Photo

' The names 'Bob' and 'Daniel' have been handwritten above 'Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy' respectively. Handwritten caption on reverse: '12/8/44.' Passed for publication by censors on 12 August, 1944.
Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo.
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 by Martin W Bowman.

Object Number - FRE 595 - 1st Lt Robert A 'Bob' Tunnell [Pilot] and 1st Lt David A 'Dan' McCarthy [Observer] of the 8 Reconnaissance Squadron (Special)(P), 802 Reconnaissance...

Flew as camera chase plane for Anvil* bomber which exploded in front of the Mosquito causing an emergency landing at Halesworth. 12-8-44.



Took off at 1500 hours from Watton. Failed to return from PR mission to Nijmegen-Eindhoven area in Mosquito with 8 CCU photographer S/Sgt John G 'Buddie' Cunney, Lt Tunnell's Mosquito was hit by enemy machine-gun fire and crashed on Plantlunne airfield. Killed in Action (KIA) 18 September 1944.



Awards: PH



* USN equivalent of USAAF Aphrodite remote controlled flying drone bomber.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 8th Combat Camera Unit 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06995337
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Navigator / Cameraman
Lieutenant Bob Tunnel and Lieutenant Daniel McCarthy of the 25th Bomb Group stand with a Mosquito at Watton that has received flak damage to one of its engines. Printed caption on reverse: '60900 A.C.- Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy of the 654th Bomb. Sqdn. 25th Bomb Group. standing beside a flak damaged DeHavilland "Mosquito" Reconnaissance. England. August 4, 1944 U.S. Air Force Photo.' The names 'Bob' and 'Daniel' have been handwritten above 'Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy' respectively. Handwritten caption
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator / Observer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 12 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Emergency landing

Beccles, Beccles, Suffolk NR34, UK 12 August 1944 Flew as camera chase plane for Anvil* bomber which exploded in front of the Mosquito causing an emergency landing at Halesworth.

Died

Lünne, Germany 18 September 1944 Failed to return from PR mission to Nijmegen-Eindhoven area in Mosquito with observer S/Sgt John G 'Buddie' Cunney, Lt Tunnel was blinded by searchlights and crashed on Plantlunne airfield. Killed in Action (KIA) 18 Sept 44.
Humboldt County, CA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

Watton 18 September 1944 Assigned to 654th BS, 25th BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorWattonman
Changes
Sources

Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011, page 116
John Hey, Netherlands, personal correspondence.

Date
ContributorWattonman
Changes
Sources

Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" , Schiffer Publishers, 2011, page 116.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 by Martin W Bowman.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 by Martin W Bowman.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

ABMC, Roll of Honor

The 25th Bomb Group Book (rcn) in World War II by Norman Malayney / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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