James Hulet Hunt

Military
media-39473.jpeg UPL 39473 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Queenie' at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1944."

Rear L-R: Unkn,Unkn, Lt Richard M Asplund, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.

Front L-R: Unkn, James H Hunt, Unkn, William C Goodman, Unkn, Unkn, C Howard Polley.

Object Number - UPL 39473 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Queenie' at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1944." Rear...

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-38058) nicknamed "The Wish Bone" of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'After transfer to 490 BG at Eye.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Wish Bone
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group inspect the damaged tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39789) nicknamed “Skunkface”.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skunkface
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snow white
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Julie Mae
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Texline, TX 17 December 1922 Son of Roy L and Delilah [Hulet] Hunt.

Enlisted

Fort Bragg, NC 22 January 1941 Fort Bragg, North Carolina

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Discharged USAAF

22 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Fayetteville, NC 9 January 2001

Buried

Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, NC 13 January 2001 Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery Fayetteville, Cumberland County, Norrth Carolina

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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