42-30665 Hunyak
Delivered Boeing 7/7/43; Gore 17/7/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Palm Springs 9/8/43; Geiger 10/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-E] Snetterton 1/9/43; Missing in Action Bordeaux 5/1/44 with Capt Donald Charles Cole (Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Thomas Henry Scott, Navigator: Harold Vincent Wiggins, Bombardier: James Merritt Bradley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harland James Hendrix, Radio Operator: Joseph Gross, Ball turret gunner: Harold Thorne, Waist gunner: Ricard Joseph Gatesman, Waist gunner: Clarence Cecil Norton (4 Prisoner of War, 4 evaded capture and worked with Free French until after D-Day),Tail gunner: Robert Finney (evaded capture); flak & enemy aircraft KO’d three engines, horizontal stabilizer & tail shot off; crashed Rochevent, five miles East of Corme-Royal, four miles West of Saintes, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2014. HUNYAK.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18067993 at enlistment, then O-726116
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19038435 at enlistment, then O-421049
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6394292
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13012941
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13153161
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 5 January 1944 | Hit by Flak and enemy fighters, crashed near Rochevent, East of Corme-Royal, France. |
Revisions
I am the middle child of the late Joseph Gross, radio operator on this crew. My father passed away on May 31, 1994 in Voorhees NJ.
I've corrected the spelling of his name and the post-flight status of the crew members.
Corrected ball turret gunner's name from 'Harry Thome' to 'Harry Thorne'. See: MACR 2014
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2014 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database