Willie F Hunt Jr

Military
media-32580.jpeg UPL 32580 Willie F Hunt Jr. served as a pilot with the 96th Bomb Group.

Roy Hunt shared this photo of his father on his profile page: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/9413

Object Number - UPL 32580 - Willie F Hunt Jr. served as a pilot with the 96th Bomb Group.

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Celle on 6/20/44 in B-17 #4297363 Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group and 457th Bomb Group and B-24 Liberators of the 466th Bomb Group with P-51 Mustangs. A B-17 Flying Fortress (BG-F, serial number 42-97363) of the 95th Bomb Group is on the left. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boeing B-17's, 95th BGp and 457th BGp. Convair B-24's 466th B.G. 297363, BG-F.'

42-97363

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 20 June 1944

Born

East Point, Georgia, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=77889

Date
ContributorRoy
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Sources

Military service record report of separation certificate

Date
ContributorRoy
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96th BG Historical Society

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5894 / MACR 5894; Snetterton Falcons, pg 150 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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