Francis Lee Hunt
MilitaryAssigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Assigned to 449BS 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France in B-26 41-31741 A/C hit by flak in bomb bay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Unable to bale out. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8039
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A crew of a B-26 Marauder of the 322nd Bomb Group in the cockpit of the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication [illegible] Nov 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crew of PN:N 131441. MIA 13/8/44.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379979.jpg.webp?itok=h92P11Pb)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14057011
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Winnie Dee II
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Currie, NC 28435, USA | 1 January 1919 | Son of Allen Lee and Sallie E [Fussell] Hunt. |
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Enlisted |
1214 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, SC 29482, USA | 3 December 1940 | Fort Moultrie SC, USA |
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Died |
61100 Flers, France | 12 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Flers, France in B-26 41-31741 A/C hit by flak in bomb bay over target, ignited, exploded, crashed in two pieces. Unable to bale out. KIA. MACR 8039 |
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Buried |
61100 Flers, France | 13 August 1944 | Interred Flers Cemetery, France |
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Based |
Andrews Field | 12 August 1944 | Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Wallace, NC, USA | Re-Interred Rockfish Presbyterian Church Cemetery Wallace Duplin County North Carolina, USA |
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