Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps
Serial Number 15338788
Edwin D. Hunnefeld served with the 8th Air Force, 389th Bomb Group, 566th Bomb Squadron at RAF Hethel, England during World War II.
He served as a waist gunner aboard B-24J Liberator serial number 42-73498 when it was shot down during a bombing mission over Germany on 11 April 1944. He was captured after the aircraft crashed and died in captivity as a Prisoner of War. It was reported that the Germans refused to give him a blood transfusion that could have saved his life.
SSG Hunnefeld flew the following missions:
3/3/44 North Sea 5 hrs 20 min
3/5/44 Bordeaux, France 8 hrs 50 min
3/6/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min
3/8/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min
3/13/44 Abbeville, France 5 hrs
3/15/44 Brunswick 7 hrs
3/16/44 Friederichshaven 8 hrs 30 min
3/18/44 Friederichshaven 9 hrs
3/28/44 Muenster 6 hrs3/24/44 St Digen, France 7 hrs 30 min
3/26/44 Giracourt 4 hrs 50 min
3/27/44 Pan Pont Exeter 11 hrs(coastline of Spain)
3/28/44 Norwich 2 hrs 30 mins
4/11/44 Oschersleben Killed in Action.
Serial Number 15338788
Edwin D. Hunnefeld served with the 8th Air Force, 389th Bomb Group, 566th Bomb Squadron at RAF Hethel, England during World War II.
He served as a waist gunner aboard B-24J Liberator serial number 42-73498 when it was shot down during a bombing mission over Germany on 11 April 1944. He was captured after the aircraft crashed and died in captivity as a Prisoner of War. It was reported that the Germans refused to give him a blood transfusion that could have saved his life.
SSG Hunnefeld flew the following missions:
3/3/44 North Sea 5 hrs 20 min
3/5/44 Bordeaux, France 8 hrs 50 min
3/6/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min
3/8/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min
3/13/44 Abbeville, France 5 hrs
3/15/44 Brunswick 7 hrs
3/16/44 Friederichshaven 8 hrs 30 min
3/18/44 Friederichshaven 9 hrs
3/28/44 Muenster 6 hrs3/24/44 St Digen, France 7 hrs 30 min
3/26/44 Giracourt 4 hrs 50 min
3/27/44 Pan Pont Exeter 11 hrs(coastline of Spain)
3/28/44 Norwich 2 hrs 30 mins
4/11/44 Oschersleben Killed in Action.
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps
Serial Number 15338788
Edwin D. Hunnefeld served with the 8th Air Force, 389th Bomb Group, 566th Bomb Squadron at RAF Hethel, England during World War II.
He served as a waist gunner aboard B-24J Liberator serial number 42-73498 when it was shot down during a bombing mission over Germany on 11 April 1944. He was captured after the aircraft crashed and died in captivity as a Prisoner of War. It was reported that the Germans refused to give him a blood transfusion that could have saved his life.
SSG Hunnefeld flew the following missions:
3/3/44 North Sea 5 hrs 20 min
3/5/44 Bordeaux, France 8 hrs 50 min
3/6/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min
3/8/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min
3/13/44 Abbeville, France 5 hrs
3/15/44 Brunswick 7 hrs
3/16/44 Friederichshaven 8 hrs 30 min
3/18/44 Friederichshaven 9 hrs
3/28/44 Muenster 6 hrs3/24/44 St Digen, France 7 hrs 30 min
3/26/44 Giracourt 4 hrs 50 min
3/27/44 Pan Pont Exeter 11 hrs(coastline of Spain)
3/28/44 Norwich 2 hrs 30 mins
4/11/44 Oschersleben Killed in Action.
Serial Number 15338788
Edwin D. Hunnefeld served with the 8th Air Force, 389th Bomb Group, 566th Bomb Squadron at RAF Hethel, England during World War II.
He served as a waist gunner aboard B-24J Liberator serial number 42-73498 when it was shot down during a bombing mission over Germany on 11 April 1944. He was captured after the aircraft crashed and died in captivity as a Prisoner of War. It was reported that the Germans refused to give him a blood transfusion that could have saved his life.
SSG Hunnefeld flew the following missions:
3/3/44 North Sea 5 hrs 20 min
3/5/44 Bordeaux, France 8 hrs 50 min
3/6/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min
3/8/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min
3/13/44 Abbeville, France 5 hrs
3/15/44 Brunswick 7 hrs
3/16/44 Friederichshaven 8 hrs 30 min
3/18/44 Friederichshaven 9 hrs
3/28/44 Muenster 6 hrs3/24/44 St Digen, France 7 hrs 30 min
3/26/44 Giracourt 4 hrs 50 min
3/27/44 Pan Pont Exeter 11 hrs(coastline of Spain)
3/28/44 Norwich 2 hrs 30 mins
4/11/44 Oschersleben Killed in Action.
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