Hunt Winston William

Name:

Winston William Hunt

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-670551

Unit:

556th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomber Group, Medium

Date of Death:

1944-02-24

State:

Michigan

Cemetery:

Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan

Plot:

Sec 14 Lot 66 (owner William & Grace Hunt and Malcolm & Eva Hunt)

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Winston William Hunt was born on November 28, 1920, in Jackson, Michigan. He was the son of William Daniel Hunt and Grace H Brockie Hunt.

Winston served in the 556th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomber Group, Medium, as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on the B-26 Marauder #41-31682 'Jolly Roger/Shady Lady' during World War II.

On February 15, 1944, the crew took off at Sation 162 airfield in Chipping Ongar, England, on a bombing mission at La Glacerie, a suburb of Cherborugh, France. Shot down by flak at 10:56H, four crew members were killed in this incident, including 2Lt Hunt. The other two were able to bail out but were captured and taken as prisoners. Their plane crashed at Le Doucet, in the commune of Gonneville-Le Theil.

2Lt Hunt was not killed instantly in the crash. He died at Clichy Hospital, where he died of his injuries, nine days after the crash. He is now buried in the Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net