George S Hunt
Military
Standing, L-To-R: Leroy A Arquette, Bombardier; John W Barkley, Jr, Navigator; George S Hunt, Tail Gunner/Observer (Co-Pilot); William M Price, Iii, Pilot; Maj. Carl Liles, Air Commander.
Kneeling, L-To-R: Billy J Jackson, Ball Turret; James C Leigh, Flexible Gunner; Robert E Smith, Radio; Donald W Dailey, Flexible Gunner; Earl R Beaty, Engineer.
Object Number - UPL 67136 - 384Th Bomb Group Lead Crews (Wing Lead)/6 February 1944, Nancy, France - Essey Aerodrome (Airfield). Standing, L-To-R: Leroy A Arquette,...
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Wesel, GR on a mission to Oschersleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97488. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Belgium | 22 February 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2465 / MACR 2465, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
