Herbert H Burnette
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down on 16 February 1943 in B-17F 42-5058 'The Hun Hunter' while serving as Radio Operator. Aircraft was shot down by fighters on return from a mission to St. Nazaire, France. No burial record could be located . It is probably that he baled out of the aircraft over water and was lost in the sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hun Hunter
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molac, France | 16 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed near Molac, France. It is possible that he baled out of the aircraft over water and was lost in the sea. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15497; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; NO American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record found; Added crew position and Loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15477 / MACR 15477 or MACR 15497, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 with a picture of the plane. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database