Austin served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-25C (#42-53366), 488th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Texas prior to the war.
Austin was "Killed In Action" when his B-25 was shot down and crashed near Campoleone, Italy during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 6299577.
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Crew of B-25C (#42-53366):
Albanese, Nicholas, S/Sgt, Gunner, New York, (KIA)
Dean, Robert E., 1st Lt, Pilot, Montana, (KIA)
Dunaway, Austin E., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Texas, (KIA)
Garske, George C., Maj, Co-Pilot, North Dakota, (KIA)
Hawley, M. E., S/Sgt, Navigator, (POW)
Mitchel, Albert H., T/Sgt, Gunner, Maine, (KIA)
Reichard, Howard G., 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Ohio, (KIA)
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Austin served as a Staff Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-25C (#42-53366), 488th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Texas prior to the war.
Austin was "Killed In Action" when his B-25 was shot down and crashed near Campoleone, Italy during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 6299577.
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Crew of B-25C (#42-53366):
Albanese, Nicholas, S/Sgt, Gunner, New York, (KIA)
Dean, Robert E., 1st Lt, Pilot, Montana, (KIA)
Dunaway, Austin E., S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Texas, (KIA)
Garske, George C., Maj, Co-Pilot, North Dakota, (KIA)
Hawley, M. E., S/Sgt, Navigator, (POW)
Mitchel, Albert H., T/Sgt, Gunner, Maine, (KIA)
Reichard, Howard G., 2nd Lt, Bombardier, Ohio, (KIA)
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Inscription
SSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on March 30, 1949.
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