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Military
Harlan Bunn Jr (Photo : courtesy his wife Dora G. Bunn)
Harlan Bunn’s Distinguished Flying Cross award card on page 513 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133351466 (NARA)
Harlan Bunn’s Air Medal award card on page 503 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138716910 (NARA)
Harlan Bunn’s Purple Heart award card on page 1027 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148221637 (NARA)
Harlan Bunn’s Dog Tag on page 15 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543154 (NARA)
Just Nothing ( 42-40000 DF-F) Hesse Crew, 324th BS, 91st BG. BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: S/Sgt. Bill Williams, Engineer; S/Sgt. Robert Detter Line, Radio Operator; S/Sgt. Harlon Bunn, Ball Turret Gunner; S/Sgt. John E. Guy, Waist Gunner; S/Sgt. D.L. Frans, Tail Gunner; S/Sgt. W.G. Mosley, Waist Gunner & Bombardier FRONT ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: 1st Lt. H.G. Hesse, Pilot; 1st Lt. Rocky Rasmussen, Navigator; Lt. Robert Hunt, Bombardier; 1st Lt. Tannumbeum, Co-pilot
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 94th Bomb Group
Carl J. Eckhart was Radio Operator on B-17G #42-102457 'Filthy Hag" when it was hit by Flak at an altitude of 23,000 feet on the 22 April 1944 mission to Hamm, Germany. The plane caught fire, 2 engines on the same side were knocked out and the...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Captain | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Tail Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Major | Pilot; Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Charles D. Lee flew with the 93rd BG in 1943 and then transferred to the 91st BG on 24 January 1944. Became Group Operations Officer on 7 February 1944 in the 91st BG. Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Navigator; Bombardier | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Arrived in England in July 1943. Shot down on 10th mission over Hamm (Ruhr) on 22 April 1922 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 42-40000 'Just Nothing. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Fire broke out near the top turret shortly after take off on mission to Eschweiler in B-17G # 42-40009 on 24 Jan 1944. RTD. Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW). He flew on the Charles D. Lee, Jr. crew.
Military | Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #4240000 'Just Nothing. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
Home of the Memphis Belle
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43. Gr Island 12/11/43. Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 4/1/44.
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22 April 1944
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 2 September 1922 | |
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
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| Lived in | 1942 | |
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Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas |
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| Enlisted | 31 October 1942 | |
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Tyler, Texas |
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| Prisoner of War | 22 April 1944 – 1945 | |
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Interned at Stalag XVIIB Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 21 July 1945.” |
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| Buried | 1986 | |
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Harlan Bunn rests at the Mitchell Cemetery in Jasper, Missouri |
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| Died | 16 February 1986 | |
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Jasper, Missouri |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 May 2020 10:26:24 | ED-BB | Changes to person associations |
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Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 April 2020 14:50:10 | ED-BB | Changes to awards |
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Added Purple Heart in Awards |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 April 2020 14:38:29 | ED-BB | Changes to biography, awards, events and person associations |
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MACR 4259 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 April 2020 08:48:59 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, suffix, service number, person associations and mission associations |
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MACR 4259 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:11:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4259 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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