Charles Rounds Huntoon Jr
Military
Source: http://libertyladybook.com/2010/07/21/charles-r-huntoon-jr/
Object Number - UPL 32104 - Charles Huntoon at Falun, Sweden internment camp works on a canoe he is making for a local little boy. 1944. Source:...
Assigned to 734BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. On 25-Aug-44 (penultimate mission), made it to Sweden with 1 1/2 engines at landing. Having been in aircraft engineering prior to being a pilot, was asked if I would help with the maintenance of our B-24s being held in internment. As a result, ended up being in charge of all B-24s and flew my own plane out with rebuilt engines, 9 June 1945, last of returned aircraft to England. Plane was B-24 Hoo Jive 42-52174
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), WWII Victory
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A bomber crew of the 453rd Bomb Group wait on a jeep. Letter enclosed with print: '[Left to Right] James E Terwilliger- Waist Gunner, Luhter M Clark- Co-pilot, Carl Powell- Navigator, Lattie P Head- Nose Gunner, Nicholas Radosevich- Pilot, Edmund M Survilla- Tail Gunner, Lt ? Lee- Bombardier (Robert Burgess was the Bombardier on the original crew), Joseph D Craft- Radio operator, Robert Victor- Waist Gunner, Robert O Hanson- Engineer- Top Turret. Original Cadre- Model (Crew #41) 734th Squadron, 453rd Bomb](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380672.jpg.webp?itok=L5hegKpe)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34257460
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39277388
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38398566
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11084126
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hoo Jive
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Rumford, Maine | 28 November 1915 | BornRumford, Maine |
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Other Interned |
Satenas, Sweden | 24 August 1944 - 9 June 1945 | InternedSatenas, Sweden |
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Died |
24 November 2018 | ||
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Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery Portland, Maine | 27 November 2018 | InterredEvergreen CemeteryPortland, Maine |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 8293 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self MACR 8293
