Leland Evers
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31334 '3 Cads and a Lad'. Plane crashed in North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
Matthew Smith Hunter
Military
-
Load list showing crew of the Silver Shed House on 5 Sep 1944 that were involved in the midair collision. It was my dad's (Jack P. Farnham CP) first mission. The plane was repaired and my dad flew this plane on his next four missions. He flew the Silver Shed House a total of eight times out of his 35 missions, which included his last mission on 3 Feb 1945 Target: Berlin.
-
Sgt Matthew S. Hunter :- Air medal award card. 452BG.
Assigned to 730BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 12-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31334 '3 Cads and a Lad'. Plane crashed in North Sea. Returned to base. RTD
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
-
-
Edward Kaminski
Military | Captain | Pilot | 452nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 730th Squadron. ...
Units served with
-
452nd Bomb Group
Group
The 452nd Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deopham Green, Norfolk, from January 1944. The air crews hit strategic sites in Germany but also supported the movement of ground forces across Europe after D-Day. On 6 June 1944 itself, the Group... -
730th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
-
42-107073 Silver Shed House
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 13/2/44; Kearney 21/2/44; Presque Is 4/4/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG Deopham Green [6K-J] 14/3/44; crash landed Honington base, Sfk. 30/7/44, repaired and returned to operations; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South... -
42-31334 Three Cads And A Lad
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Vandalia 21/10/43; Bunker Hill 10/11/43; Denver 20/11/43; Gt Falls 10/12/43; Nutts Corner (Belfast) 5/1/44; Assigned 730BS/452BG [6K- ] Deopham Green 6/1/44; Missing in Action Leipzig 12/4/44 with Leland Evers, Navigator: Jules Jacobs,...
Associated Place
-
Deopham Green
Military site : airfield
Deopham Green was another air base constructed after America's entry into the war to Class A standards for use by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. When the 452nd Bomb Group arrived in January 1943 they found a main runway of 2,000 yards, two...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | Boone, IA | 1 April 1922 |
|
Son of James S Hunter. |
||
| Enlisted | Camp Dodge, Herrold, IA | 17 October 1942 |
|
Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa |
||
| Based | Deopham Green | 1944 – 1944 |
|
Assigned to 730BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. |
||
| Returned (RTD) | North Sea | 12 April 1944 |
|
Ditched North Sea 12-Apr-44. RTD |
||
| Died | 7 December 1975 | |
| Buried | Linwood Park Cemetery Boone, Boone County, IA | 11 December 1975 |
|
Linwood Park Cemetery |
||
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 16 January 2022 13:29:23 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards and events |
| Sources | ||
https://www.fold3.com/image/648621186 |
||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 January 2022 11:54:54 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
| Sources | ||
https://www.fold3.com/image/648621186 |
||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 September 2020 20:01:10 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
| Sources | ||
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:19:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3933 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
||
