Staff Sergeant Bunce served with the 590th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5313.
He was one of eleven airmen killed when the bomber crashed five miles northeast of the Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington.
Killed in service were:
2nd Lt. Marvin R Furch, Pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph J Whalen, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James A Calnon, Observer-Passenger
S/Sgt. John G Bowen, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Joseph E Brielman, Asst. Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Harold W Bunce, Gunner
T/Sgt. William T Freeland, Radio Operator
Sgt. Abraham Kaden, Passenger
S/Sgt. Harold L Mason, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Jack D Naus, Passenger
T/Sgt. Herman E Stephens, Asst. Engineer
Investigators could not determine why the aircraft flew into terrain at about 03:10 hours while returning from a nighttime navigational training mission. Another B-17 bomber also crashed during this same mission (but the accidents were unrelated).
~
Son of William and Addie Bunce.
He was one of eleven airmen killed when the bomber crashed five miles northeast of the Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington.
Killed in service were:
2nd Lt. Marvin R Furch, Pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph J Whalen, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James A Calnon, Observer-Passenger
S/Sgt. John G Bowen, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Joseph E Brielman, Asst. Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Harold W Bunce, Gunner
T/Sgt. William T Freeland, Radio Operator
Sgt. Abraham Kaden, Passenger
S/Sgt. Harold L Mason, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Jack D Naus, Passenger
T/Sgt. Herman E Stephens, Asst. Engineer
Investigators could not determine why the aircraft flew into terrain at about 03:10 hours while returning from a nighttime navigational training mission. Another B-17 bomber also crashed during this same mission (but the accidents were unrelated).
~
Son of William and Addie Bunce.
Staff Sergeant Bunce served with the 590th Bomb Squadron, 395th Bomb Group, aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-5313.
He was one of eleven airmen killed when the bomber crashed five miles northeast of the Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington.
Killed in service were:
2nd Lt. Marvin R Furch, Pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph J Whalen, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James A Calnon, Observer-Passenger
S/Sgt. John G Bowen, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Joseph E Brielman, Asst. Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Harold W Bunce, Gunner
T/Sgt. William T Freeland, Radio Operator
Sgt. Abraham Kaden, Passenger
S/Sgt. Harold L Mason, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Jack D Naus, Passenger
T/Sgt. Herman E Stephens, Asst. Engineer
Investigators could not determine why the aircraft flew into terrain at about 03:10 hours while returning from a nighttime navigational training mission. Another B-17 bomber also crashed during this same mission (but the accidents were unrelated).
~
Son of William and Addie Bunce.
He was one of eleven airmen killed when the bomber crashed five miles northeast of the Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington.
Killed in service were:
2nd Lt. Marvin R Furch, Pilot
2nd Lt. Joseph J Whalen, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. James A Calnon, Observer-Passenger
S/Sgt. John G Bowen, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Joseph E Brielman, Asst. Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Harold W Bunce, Gunner
T/Sgt. William T Freeland, Radio Operator
Sgt. Abraham Kaden, Passenger
S/Sgt. Harold L Mason, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Jack D Naus, Passenger
T/Sgt. Herman E Stephens, Asst. Engineer
Investigators could not determine why the aircraft flew into terrain at about 03:10 hours while returning from a nighttime navigational training mission. Another B-17 bomber also crashed during this same mission (but the accidents were unrelated).
~
Son of William and Addie Bunce.
Gravesite Details
From Essex County, Massachusetts
Other Records
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
