Morton Magill Hunt

Military
media-48289.jpeg UPL 48289 1st Lt Morton Magill Hunt being awarded the Air medal.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 48289 - 1st Lt Morton Magill Hunt being awarded the Air medal.

Assigned to 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Transferred to 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Post-war he was a prolific writer with articles appearing in major US newspapers and magazines/journals.



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania 20 February 1920

Enlisted

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 13 April 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died

12 March 2016

Buried

Washington Crossing National Cemetery Newtown, Bucks County, PA 15 March 2016 Washington Crossing National Cemetery Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Based

Watton Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

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ContributorWattonman
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Sources

Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Shiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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