Maynard L Dunker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21377.jpeg UPL 21377 Maynard Dunker - Muscatine, 92nd BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21377 - Maynard Dunker - Muscatine, 92nd BG, KIA

Struck by 20mm shells, B-17G 42-31888 went out of control, exploded into to pieces and crashed E of Hamm, Germany on a mission to Munster and Hamm, Germany on 23 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 23 March 1944

Born

Muscatine, Iowa, USA

Buried

Illinois, USA

Revisions

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ContributorRockriver42
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I was his nephew

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ContributorLucy May
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Correction to spelling: Sylvia Tongson

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ContributorLucy May
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Added service number after correspondence with researcher Slyvia Tongson.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3416 / MACR 3416, Losses of the 8th 7 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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