Donald Olsen Funk
MilitaryBack L-R: 1st Lt. Jack McCaine (MN), 2nd Lt. John Pylman (N), 2nd Lt. Donald Funk (P), Maj. Clarence Thacker (AC/CP), F/O Robert Ward (N).
Front L-R: 1st Lt. Lambert Muller-Thym (B), F/O William O’Leary (OBS/TG), TSgt. Roman Soto (RO), TSgt. Gordon Robb (TT). 384th Bomb Group collection
The Quentin Bland Collection. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35742/search/8882
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions, ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
Post war: Served in Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18094262
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 33799444
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31350738
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-781634
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Danny
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hiawatha, UT | 17 November 1923 | Son of George B and Mary Abigail [Olsen] Funk. |
Enlisted |
Fresno, CA | 1 March 1943 | Fresno, California |
Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 21 May 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
Died |
Roseville, CA | 26 June 2003 | |
Buried |
Green Valley Cemetery, Rescue, El Dorado County, CA | 29 June 2003 | Green Valley Cemetery Rescue, El Dorado County, California |
Based |
Grafton Underwood | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/85048021-donald-o-funk
https://www.fold3.com/record/712841237-funk-donald-o
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=8037
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181077072/donald-o_-funk
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…