Edwin Daniel Hunnefeld
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11-Apr-44 in B-24 42-73498. Killed in Action (KIA) Germans refused to give him a blood transfusion that could have saved his life. MACR 3779
Missions: 3/3/44 North Sea 5 hrs 20 min 3/5/44 Bordeaux, France 8 hrs 50 min 3/6/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min 3/8/44 Berlin 8 hrs 45 min 3/13/44 Abbeville, France 5 hrs 3/15/44 Brunswick 7 hrs 3/16/44 Friederichshaven 8 hrs 30 min 3/18/44 Friederichshaven 9 hrs 3/28/44 Muenster 6 hrs 3/24/44 St Digen, France 7 hrs 30 min 3/26/44 Giracourt 4 hrs 50 min 3/27/44 Pan Pont Exeter 11 hrs (coastline of Spain) 3/28/44 Norwich 2 hrs 30 mins 4/11/44 Oschersleben Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-683714
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 June 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 27 March 1944
- Date: 26 March 1944
- Date: 24 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
11 October 1923 | Son of Frederick Jerome and Emma Mary [Velten] Hunnefeld. | |
Enlisted |
11 November 1942 | Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky | |
Died |
11 April 1944 | Shot down 11-Apr-44 in B-24 42-73498. Killed in Action (KIA) | |
Buried |
Saint Stephen Cemetery Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky | ||
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
11 April 1944 | Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Family, MACR 3779 / MACR 3779 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database