Ivan F Hunter

Military
media-31526.jpeg UPL 31526 Staff Sergeant Ivan F Hunter, Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group. Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.

Object Number - UPL 31526 - Staff Sergeant Ivan F Hunter, Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group.

A farm implement mechanic he joined up September 9 1942, trained as a tail gunner and joined the Group at Thorpe Abbots in June 1944. Shot down on his 33rd mission, 10 November 1944 in A/C #42-102986, near Wiesbaden. Prisoner of War (POW). He was held at Stalag Luft 4 until being moved westward as the Russians advanced from the east; first to Nurnberg then walking some 150 kilometres - without any supplies en route, except the food they got by exchanging cigarettes etc with the locals - to Moosburg until liberated on 29th April, Ivan had lost some 50 lbs in weight. He afterwards went back to farming and was active in the 8thAF Historical Society and POW organizations.



DFC; Air Medal



DFC/ PH/ Air Medal/ ETO Medal/ EAME Medal

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-106986

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sack Artist
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gowrie, Iowa, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 November 1944

Revisions

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Iowans of the Mighty 8th

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10356 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 10356, 100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001

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