Earl Clifford Tunnell

Military

Shot down 6 March 1943 in B-17F #42-5378, 306BG/367BS while serving as Pilot. The aircraft had developed an oil leak in no. 3 engine over the Channel, but oil pressure stayed steady so the pilots continued their mission toward the submarine pens at Lorient, France. According to Strong, fighters attacked as this plane was was dropping back due to the earlier oil leak and the fact this Group was in the low Squadron. When engine 4 quit, bailout was ordered. Prisoner of War (POW), most probably interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland and force-marched from there at the end of January 1945. Liberated at Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany, by US troops on 29 April 1945. His NARA WWII POW record only mentions 7A (the last camp he was registered in)...

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Ernest George Maynard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11056150
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
A radio operator of the 306th Bomb Group in position inside a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Not to be published.' [stamp], '246555.' [Censor no.] A printed caption was attached to the reverse of the image, however this has been removed.

Robert Anthony Siavage

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13025875
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

George A Tracy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19082431
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 2 Feb 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'American Airmen Who Made First Daylight Raid On Germany. Big bombers of the United States Army Air Force made their first daylight raid on Germany recently when they dropped tons of high explosives on the Nazi naval base at Wilhelmshaven. The bombers, unescorted, met considerable fighter opposition and knocked down 22 for the loss of three bombers. Associated Press Photo S

Donald Tunstall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14073191
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Kingsdown, Ford County, Kansas, USA 9 September 1918

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 6 March 1943 Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria, Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4 July 1945.

Died

31 December 1953
Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, USA Student at NW Nazareth College

Buried

Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, USA Maple Grove cemetery, Kansas

Revisions

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Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Updated Born, Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 144483958.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144483958/earl-c.-tunnell

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WWII Draft card
NARA WWII POW records
Pages 40 and 41 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142694377 (NARA)
Page 31 of AV 51/43 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238537 (NARA)
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 30-Jul-2015. Correcting typos in Summary Biography.

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Lee Cunningham 30-Jul-2015. Added Decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Summary biography with A/C model, Unit association and crew position per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 89, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp. 73-4, NARA web site