Military
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in 42-96207 No MACR as accident Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in 42-96207 No MACR as accident Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio-Waist Gunner | 394th Bomb Group
Assigned to 586 and 587BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF.
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Group
Squadron
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed pilot 2Lt George W Clearwater Jr KIA 18-Dec-44.
Military site : airfield
Built in 1943-1944, it was used by B-26 Marauder bombers of the Ninth Air Force's 394th Bomb Group in 1944. The 315th Troop Carrier Group were temporary lodgers at the airfield in 1945, shortly before it closed.
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Crash site
On 18 DEC 1944, two B-26s of the 394th BG were involved in a mid-air collision (Category 4 Damage) over Epinoy, France (ALG A-75). Both flight crews perished. except Radio-Gunner, T/Sgt Charles Lipscomb. He was ejected from his seat while waiting to...
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| Born | Illinois, USA | 26 July 1914 |
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Son of Frederick Otis and Mary Gertrude [Knight] Bunting. |
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| Based | Boreham | 1944 – 18 December 1944 |
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Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Epinoy, France | 18 December 1944 |
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Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in 42-96207 No MACR as accident Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44. |
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| Buried | 1946 | |
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Re-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 November 2018 14:46:02 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529861504-horace-o-bunting |
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