Thomas J Hunt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29559 'Stupntakit'. Killed in Action (KIA). Thomas Hunt was a replacement crew member for that mission. 2 other crew members were killed; 4 were seriously wounded and made prisoner (POW); 3 others managed to evade capture, but one of them was caught just before reaching Spain. See the evaders' pages at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fbennetca.html

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Units served with

323rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

91st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

William John Barrett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33261416
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Charles Arthur Bennett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19040558 and O-729796
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot / Co-pilot

Ford Chester Cowherd

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15068629
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Stanley A Dahlman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17063087 and O-733617
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert G Gaynor

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32351637
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Assistant Engineer / waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29559

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Stupntakit
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

VIII Bomber Command 84

Date: 17 August 1943

Places

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	20 November 1919
Enlisted	Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States	22 March 1941
Died Killed in Action (KIA)	near Testelt, Belgium	17 August 1943	Wounded in the chest and stomach, he died shortly after being hit. He was initially buried at the Saint-Trond (Sint-Truiden), Belgium, military cemetery on 19 August 1943. His remains were repatriated to the United States after the war.
Buried	Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee

Revisions

Date20 Apr 2021 14:58:33

ContributorEmily

ChangesChanges to biography and events

Sources

Find a Grave, Family Tree, via ancestry

Date20 Apr 2015 10:01:34

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to service number, role, biography, events, place associations and mission associations

Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 278

Date27 Sep 2014 18:25:59

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database