Clyde Dorsey

Military
media-42481.jpeg UPL 42481 James Kuntz crew in front of B-24 44-40142 'Sknappy'.

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Object Number - UPL 42481 - James Kuntz crew in front of B-24 44-40142 'Sknappy'.

Assigned to 856BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bechammer in B-24 44-40142 'Sknappy' 20-Jun-44; fell out of formation after target, diverted to Bulltofta Airfield, Sweden. Interned (INT)



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

People

James Gerald Kuntz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13040142 / O-808563
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A Swedish soldier guards the nose of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40142) nicknamed "Sknappy" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden. First handwritten caption on reverse: '44-40142 "Sknappy", 492BG, Down Sweden 20/6/44.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '492 BG Lib "Sknappy" interned after forced landing in Sweden.'

44-40142

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sknappy
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lakeview, TX 22 February 1916 Son of Mary Dorsey.

Enlisted

Houston, TX 16 September 1942 Houston, Texas

Other

Interned (INT)

Bulltofta Airfield, Sweden 20 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Bechammer in B-24 44-40142 'Sknappy' 20-Jun-44; fell out of formation after target, diverted to Bulltofta Airfield, Sweden. INT

Other

Discharged USAAF

5 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Conroe, TX 27 June 1987

Buried

Freeman Cemetery, Conroe, Montgomery County, TX 1 July 1987 Freeman Cemetery Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas

Based

North Pickenham Assigned to 856BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7077 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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