Harlan David Bunn Jr

Military
media-42947.png UPL 42947 Harlan Bunn Jr (Photo : courtesy his wife Dora G. Bunn)

The Bunn family

Object Number - UPL 42947 - Harlan Bunn Jr (Photo : courtesy his wife Dora G. Bunn)

Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).

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People

Prevost Marshall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (91st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-419035
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator; Bombardier

Fred Allen Snavely

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13021884
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Leonard Joseph Sterle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15329424
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Jay Harold Suldan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809758
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Elmer Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18201511
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

2 September 1922 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Enlisted

31 October 1942 Tyler, Texas

Other

Prisoner of War

22 April 1944 Interned at Stalag XVIIB Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 21 July 1945.”

Died

16 February 1986 Jasper, Missouri
Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas

Buried

Harlan Bunn rests at the Mitchell Cemetery in Jasper, Missouri

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Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost

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Added Purple Heart in Awards

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MACR 4259
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator

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MACR 4259

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4259 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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