Edwin Daniel Hunnefeld

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11-Apr-44 in B-24 42-73498. Killed in Action (KIA) Germans refused to give him a blood transfusion that could have saved his life. MACR 3779

Missions: 3/3/44 North Sea 5 hrs 20 min 3/5/44 Bordeaux, France 8 hrs 50 min 3/6/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min 3/8/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min 3/13/44 Abbeville, France 5 hrs 3/15/44 Brunswick 7 hrs 3/16/44 Friederichshaven 8 hrs 30 min 3/18/44 Friederichshaven 9 hrs 3/28/44 Muenster 6 hrs 3/24/44 St Digen, France 7 hrs 30 min 3/26/44 Giracourt 4 hrs 50 min 3/27/44 Pan Pont Exeter 11 hrs (coastline of Spain) 3/28/44 Norwich 2 hrs 30 mins 4/11/44 Oschersleben Killed in Action (KIA)

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

389th Bomb Group

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

566th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Louis James Jweid

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-683714
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-73498

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

Missions

388

Date: 3 June 1944
Official Description:

8th Air Force 298

Date: 11 April 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31330) of the 452nd Bomb Group releases its bombs over an airdrome in Bordeaux. Printed caption on reverese: '61732 AC- BOMBS AWAY!!!! A Beoing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 452nd Bomb Group releases its bombs on the Nazi airdrome, Bordeaux, France, as the air offensive against the enemy reaches an all time high. 27 March 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

8th Air Force 282

Date: 27 March 1944

Airmen and ground crew of the 448th Bomb Group carefully transfer a flak casualty through the waist gun window of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-11-2-448)(26-3-44)(Flak Casualty).' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Patterson.'

8th Air Force 280

Date: 26 March 1944

8th Air Force 277

Date: 24 March 1944

Places

Hethel

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	11 October 1923	Son of Frederick Jerome and Emma Mary [Velten] Hunnefeld.
Enlisted	11 November 1942	Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky
Died	11 April 1944	Shot down 11-Apr-44 in B-24 42-73498. Killed in Action (KIA)
Buried		Saint Stephen Cemetery Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky
Based Killed in Action (KIA)	11 April 1944	Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Date28 Feb 2024 23:12:41

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Date24 Feb 2021 20:54:55

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Family, MACR 3779 / MACR 3779 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database