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Personal info

Full name
HUNT, Donald A
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Kennebec County, Maine

Military service

Service number
11122613
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
759th Bombardment Squadron,
459th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 June 1944
Place of death
Hospital
Budapest, Hungary

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 26 1

Immediate family

Members
Reginald L. Hunt (father)
Marjorie L. (Abbott) Hunt (mother)
Ruth N. Hunt (sister)
Doris Hunt (sister)
Muriel Hunt (sister)
Jeannette (Ouelette) Hunt (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-29578
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Vienna, Austria
Mission: Oil Storage Tanks
MACR: 6128

More information

S/Sgt Donald A. Hunt volunteered for the US Army Air Corps on December 20, 1942 in Portland, Maine.
He attended high school for 3 years and worked in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
B-24 (#41-29578) was first damaged by enemy flak and was then attacked by German ME 109 fighters. The B-24 eventually had to make a crash landing in Hungary. Everyone, except for the pilot, bailed out of the plane.
Donald, was wounded by cannon and machine gun fire from the ME 109`s prior to parachuting out. The entire crew, except for the pilot, became POW's. Donald died of his wounds four days after the crash.
S/Sgt Donald A. Hunt was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block U, Row 7, Grave 157.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / 1940 Census / Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Sellers Family Tree, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett