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

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
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Rank | Order | Date | Award Ribbon Device |
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SSGT |
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ROS |
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S/Sgt |
924 |
06/08/1944 |
AM |
S/Sgt |
1439 |
06/28/1944 |
AM/1OLC |
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