Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until March 26, 1946.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Vern served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-29 "Devil May Care" #42-24452, 45th Bomber Squadron, 40th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Sheridan County, Wyoming prior to the war.
B-29 #42-24452 took off, with a crew of 11, from Chakulia, India with 60 other B-29's on a bombing mission to attack rail yards in Bangkok, Thailand.
They were believed to have been shot down by Japanese aircraft. B-29 #42-24452 was the only B-29 lost on this mission.
Vern was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-766833
Vern also has a "Cenotaph" in the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyoming with his parents.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24452:
Blackwell, Carl E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, OK
Cole, Carson E ~ Corp, Gunner, WI
Fancher, Robert J ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, WI
Gabriel, William J ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, IL
Gettler, John G ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NY
Hunnell, Vern H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WY
McCormick, Robert A ~ Sgt, Left Gunner, OH
Powers, L D Eugene ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, OK
Roth, Bernard ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, NY
Stone, William T ~ Sgt, Radar Operator, MO
Webster, William H ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MI
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents, Fred Lynn and Rubie Doris Howard Hunnell
MIA near Chittagong Bangladesh
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Vern served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-29 "Devil May Care" #42-24452, 45th Bomber Squadron, 40th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Sheridan County, Wyoming prior to the war.
B-29 #42-24452 took off, with a crew of 11, from Chakulia, India with 60 other B-29's on a bombing mission to attack rail yards in Bangkok, Thailand.
They were believed to have been shot down by Japanese aircraft. B-29 #42-24452 was the only B-29 lost on this mission.
Vern was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-766833
Vern also has a "Cenotaph" in the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyoming with his parents.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24452:
Blackwell, Carl E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, OK
Cole, Carson E ~ Corp, Gunner, WI
Fancher, Robert J ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, WI
Gabriel, William J ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, IL
Gettler, John G ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NY
Hunnell, Vern H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WY
McCormick, Robert A ~ Sgt, Left Gunner, OH
Powers, L D Eugene ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, OK
Roth, Bernard ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, NY
Stone, William T ~ Sgt, Radar Operator, MO
Webster, William H ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MI
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents, Fred Lynn and Rubie Doris Howard Hunnell
MIA near Chittagong Bangladesh
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until March 26, 1946.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Vern served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-29 "Devil May Care" #42-24452, 45th Bomber Squadron, 40th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Sheridan County, Wyoming prior to the war.
B-29 #42-24452 took off, with a crew of 11, from Chakulia, India with 60 other B-29's on a bombing mission to attack rail yards in Bangkok, Thailand.
They were believed to have been shot down by Japanese aircraft. B-29 #42-24452 was the only B-29 lost on this mission.
Vern was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-766833
Vern also has a "Cenotaph" in the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyoming with his parents.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24452:
Blackwell, Carl E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, OK
Cole, Carson E ~ Corp, Gunner, WI
Fancher, Robert J ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, WI
Gabriel, William J ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, IL
Gettler, John G ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NY
Hunnell, Vern H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WY
McCormick, Robert A ~ Sgt, Left Gunner, OH
Powers, L D Eugene ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, OK
Roth, Bernard ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, NY
Stone, William T ~ Sgt, Radar Operator, MO
Webster, William H ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MI
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents, Fred Lynn and Rubie Doris Howard Hunnell
MIA near Chittagong Bangladesh
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Vern served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-29 "Devil May Care" #42-24452, 45th Bomber Squadron, 40th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Sheridan County, Wyoming prior to the war.
B-29 #42-24452 took off, with a crew of 11, from Chakulia, India with 60 other B-29's on a bombing mission to attack rail yards in Bangkok, Thailand.
They were believed to have been shot down by Japanese aircraft. B-29 #42-24452 was the only B-29 lost on this mission.
Vern was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-766833
Vern also has a "Cenotaph" in the Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyoming with his parents.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24452:
Blackwell, Carl E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, OK
Cole, Carson E ~ Corp, Gunner, WI
Fancher, Robert J ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, WI
Gabriel, William J ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, IL
Gettler, John G ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NY
Hunnell, Vern H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WY
McCormick, Robert A ~ Sgt, Left Gunner, OH
Powers, L D Eugene ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, OK
Roth, Bernard ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, NY
Stone, William T ~ Sgt, Radar Operator, MO
Webster, William H ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, MI
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents, Fred Lynn and Rubie Doris Howard Hunnell
MIA near Chittagong Bangladesh
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