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Personal info

Full name
CUNNIFF, Peter Martin
Date of birth
6 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11117354
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
733rd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 March 1944
Place of death
Near Plantlünne-Lünne, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Martin P. Cunniff (father)
Mary E. (Reilly) Cunniff (mother)
Mary C. Cunniff (sister)
James Cunniff (brother)
Margaret Cunniff (sister)
Catherine Cunniff (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-64460
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Shack Rabbit
Destination: Genshagen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Daimler-Benz Motor Works
MACR: 2972

More information

Peter M. Cunniff graduated from Cambridge High School and Latin School in 1942. He was employed at the National Biscuit Company.

He joined the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 18 November 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The airplane was attacked by German fighters and blew up in mid-air. Only four crew members managed to bail out before the explosion and were taken prisoner. Six men were killed.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com