Willard O Hunter
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA). Target assigned, Frankfurt. Shot down by flak on return and crashed in the mouth of the River Scheldt, about 2 miles SE of Flusing, Holland. The body of S/Sergeant Burgess was washed up on the 19 Oct 43 near Flusing. S/Sergeant Towsley's body was also recovered. Remaining 8 are listed on WOM Netherlands Cemetery Plane was Minor Ball #42-5807. Earlier July 1943, B-17 42-29872 piloted by Wm. Peters was under fighter attack near the Dutch coast. It subsequently went down in the North Sea and 9 crew members survived. A gunner W. Hunter is listed.
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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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
4 October 1943 | ||
Born |
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Buried |
Memorialized on the Walls of the Missing | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 4 October 1943 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 910 / MACR 910, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey pp. 184-5 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database