James Hulet Hunt
Military
Rear L-R: Unkn,Unkn, Lt Richard M Asplund, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.
Front L-R: Unkn, James H Hunt, Unkn, William C Goodman, Unkn, Unkn, C Howard Polley.
Object Number - UPL 39473 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Queenie' at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1944." Rear...
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19114100 / O-758752
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queenie
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lynne Marie
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Vonnie Gal
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aces n Eights
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Memorial
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Texline, TX | 17 December 1922 | Son of Roy L and Delilah [Hulet] Hunt. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, NC | 22 January 1941 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
22 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Fayetteville, NC | 9 January 2001 | |
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Buried |
Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, NC | 13 January 2001 | Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery Fayetteville, Cumberland County, Norrth Carolina |
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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