William Craig Hunter

Military

Object Number - UPL 32729 - W.C. Hunter - Early mission as co-pilot.

William Craig Hunter was from Wheeling, West Virginia. He proudly served in the 8th Air Force, 95th Bomb Group, 3rd Division, 412 Squadron. Stationed at Horham, England, he was a B-17 co-pilot from 10/2/1944 to 12/30/1944 and pilot from 1/14/1945 to 3/19/1945. He received the Air Medal for the mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany on 11/5/1944. On the March 18, 1945 mission to Berlin flak entered the cockpit with a fragment hitting him, resulting in the presentation of a Purple Heart. On 3/6/1945 he was assigned to plane 339177. He and the crew named it the "Blessed Event", in the event they would complete their missions. Every year until his death, he would call his crew on 3/19 (last mission) and spend a quiet day with his wife Barbara.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-39177

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Blessed Event

Missions

688

  • Date: 25 October 1944

667

  • Date: 6 October 1944

665

  • Date: 5 October 1944

658

  • Date: 2 October 1944

Revisions

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

William Craig Hunter: Gallery (10 items)

Object number: UPL 32729 - W.C. Hunter - Early mission as co-pilot.

Object number: UPL 32730 - Blessed Event Crew - Back Row - William Hunter...

Object number: UPL 32731 - Photo taken by W.C. Hunter from plane 44-8331 in...

Object number: UPL 32732 - January 25, 1944 - Pilot: William C. Hunter -...

Object number: UPL 32733 - March 9, 1945 - Pilot: William C. Hunter - Plane...

Object number: UPL 32734 - Blessed Event Crew - William Hunter (pilot), James...

Object number: UPL 32735 - March 9, 1944 - Mission: Frankfurt, Germany -...

Object number: UPL 32765 - December 27, 1944 - Mission: Fulda, Germany -...