Donald Hunt

Donald A. Hunt

Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces

Service # 11122613

759th Bomber Squadron, 459th Bomber Group, Heavy

Entered the Service from: Maine

Died: 20-Jun-44

Buried at: Plot A Row 26 Grave 1

Ardennes American Cemetery

Neupre, Belgium

Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

2nd Lt George Ostroot Jr`s story of Mission No.60 and his early days of being a P O W will be listed under "Servicemen Stories".

This ia a photo of Lt. Joe Young`s crew in 1944. 2nd Lt. George Ostroot Jr., 759th Bomb Squadron Navigator, is in the front row far right. S/Sgt Donald Hunt is in back row - far right. Most of this crew became P O W`s on 6/16/44 when their plane was shot down after bombing a Vienna, Austria oil refinery on 459 BG Mission No. 60. Their plane crash landed in a Hungarian grain field. Pilot Joe Young and Gunner S/Sgt Donald Hunt perished on this mission.

MACR: 6128

S/Sgt Donald A Hunt was assigned to the 459th BG 759th Squadron.
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS): Radio Operator.

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