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Personal info

Full name
HUNTER, Thaddeus Watts Jr
Date of birth
9 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
Hometown
Montgomery County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34162630
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1944
Place of death
Eldena, near Mecklenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 1 5

Immediate family

Members
Thaddeus W. Hunter (father)
Roberta Hunter (sister)
Ferree E. Hunter (brother)
Jaqueline Hunter (half- sister)
James W. Hunter (half-brother)
Carlisle Hunter( half-brother)
Thomas Hunter (half-brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31385
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: not available
Mission: not available
MACR: 3676

More information

T/Sgt Thaddeus W. Hunter Jr. graduated from Lanier High School in 1940 where he was active in the Glee Club and the Ushers Club. He was a former employee of Mathews Electric Co and was a soloist for the First Methodist Church.

He enlisted at Fort Mcpherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 30 October 1941. He was sent overseas in July 1942.
The plane was attacked by fighters which knocked out #1 engine and damaged #2. It crash landed near Eldena. The pilot was blinded by 20 mm bullet fragments.

T/Sgt Hunter is remembered at the Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama.

He had completed 29 mission at the time of his death.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, www.americanairmuseum.com, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, Alabama Journal 26 June 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Lonewalker, www.newspapers.com - The Birmingham News Sun 23 July 1944