Donald Eric HUNT

HUNT, Donald Eric

    Service Numbers: N152149, 423125
    Enlisted: 2 December 1941
    Last Rank: Warrant Officer
    Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
    Born: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1923
    Home Town: Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
    Schooling: Newcastle Boys' High School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), North Sea, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 14 March 1945, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    2 Dec 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N152149
    20 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 423125, Aircrew Training Units
    20 Jun 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 423125
    15 Mar 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 423125, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, 4 OTU

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Warrant Officer Donald Eric Hunt 423125 was the Wireless Operator / Air Gunner on board Sunderland aircraft DP178 from Number 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (4OTU) RAF which was reported missing from a night training exercise approximately 75 miles south east of Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands in the North Sea

    Warrant Officer Hunt and the other crewmen are commemorated on the Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial in Surrey, England

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