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TSGT Herbert Hemby Burnette

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TSGT Herbert Hemby Burnette

Birth
Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
Death
16 Feb 1943 (aged 28)
Molac, Departement du Morbihan, Bretagne, France
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 79 SITE 505-506
Memorial ID
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Radio Operator aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5058, nicknamed "Hun Hunter."
Missing in Action February 16, 1943, while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Saint-Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Molac, France. Eight crew were killed and two were captured and held as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 15947.

KIA were:

2LT Leonard E Duncan, O-726020, PA, Co-Pilot
2LT Robert R Mericle, O-661531, SD, Bombardier
TSGT Ralph A Livengood, 13038105, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Herbert H Burnette, 34117996, NC, Radio Operator
SSGT Erban L Jones, 39675343, UT, Tail Gunner
SSGT Howard M Jones, 36372081, UT, Right Waist Gunner
SSGT Carl E Olson Jr, 39306439, OR, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Michael J Stanko, 33169339, PA, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, August 13, 1941.
Radio Operator aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5058, nicknamed "Hun Hunter."
Missing in Action February 16, 1943, while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Saint-Nazaire, France. Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Molac, France. Eight crew were killed and two were captured and held as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 15947.

KIA were:

2LT Leonard E Duncan, O-726020, PA, Co-Pilot
2LT Robert R Mericle, O-661531, SD, Bombardier
TSGT Ralph A Livengood, 13038105, PA, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
TSGT Herbert H Burnette, 34117996, NC, Radio Operator
SSGT Erban L Jones, 39675343, UT, Tail Gunner
SSGT Howard M Jones, 36372081, UT, Right Waist Gunner
SSGT Carl E Olson Jr, 39306439, OR, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Michael J Stanko, 33169339, PA, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, August 13, 1941.

Inscription

TSGT, 364 AAF BOMB SQ, 305 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Burial October 3, 1949.



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Aug 22, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41001335/herbert_hemby-burnette: accessed ), memorial page for TSGT Herbert Hemby Burnette (8 Jul 1914–16 Feb 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41001335, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).