Arthur Brunnet
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24526 'Leaping Liz' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Target was U/B yards (submarines) at St. Nazaire, France. Fighters attacked and plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 6 Operations - 2 Aborts (See Biography events)
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Leapin Liz
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hellcat Agnes : No Monkey Business
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Werewolf
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1 SGT Arthur Burnnet, w/B-17F 41-24580, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24580, "Hell Cat", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. (RTB OK). |
Other Mission #2 SGT Arthur Burnnet, w/B-17F 41-24580, 303BG/358BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24580, "Hell Cat", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. (RTB OK). |
Other Mission #3 SGT Arthur Brunnet, w/B-17F 41-24580 - Aborted |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24580, "Hell Cat", 303BG/358BS Mission was to bomb the Carriage and Wagon Works at Lille, France but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort the mission. |
Other Mission #4 SGT Arthur Brunnet, w/B-17F 41-24580, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24580, "Hell Cat", 303BG/358BS Mission was to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France but mechanical failures forced to Pilot to abort the mission. |
Other Mission #5 Arthur Brunnet, w/B-17F 41-24606, 303G/358BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24606 "Werewolf", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the U-boat pens at Lorient, France. (RTB OK). |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed into the sea near the target. His remains have never been recovered. |
Other Mission #6 SGT Arthur Brunnet w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Ball Turret Gunner on B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the torpedo storage areas at St. Nazaire, France (KIA) |
Born |
Portage, Pennsylvania | ||
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015 Added A/C Model to Mission #5 & #6 events titles.
Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-43. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website Mission Report of 3-Jan-43, Gary Moncur, historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf and made connections to AIrcraft and Missions.
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 7650; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added crew position and made minor edits to biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7650 / MACR 7650,Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database