Hunt, Clarence Albert (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Prisoner of War 1942-September-13

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Birth Date: 1921-December-15

Born: Frome, Ontario, Canada

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Home: London, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

RAF East Moor

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/78615
PoW: 27034

Home
Google MapLondon, Ontario
Target
Google MapBremen Germany

Warrant Officer 1st Class Clarence Albert Hunt (RCAF) evaded capture briefly until captured 1942-09-22 and was sent to Stalag 344. After Liberation, he was safe, back in the UK 1945-04-04

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Unvetted Source Hunt Clarence Albert - Online Museum of Prisoners of War

158 Squadron (Strength in unity) RAF East Moor. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 205 NP-B was lost returning from an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. Having been coned by the searchlights of 2/Reserve Flakscheinwerfer Ableilung 269 (Werfer 28)and struck by flak from 1 & 2/Schwere Flak Ableitung 163 (v), 1-3/Reserve Flak Abteilung 615, 1/Reserve Flak Abteilung 607 and 3 Reserve Flak Abteilung 265 as it passed over Bremen. The Halifax was not shot down but the damaged engines forced the crew to abandon the aircraft before it crashed at Ter Idzard, Netherlands

Warrant Officer 1st Class Clarence Albert Hunt (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Leroy John Soper (RCAF), Sergeant Robert Henry Dawson Bren (RAFVR), Sergeant Reginald James Cantillon (RAFVR), Sergeant David Fozzard Readman (RAFVR), Sergeant John Joseph Reid (RAFVR) and Sergeant Frederick Caldwell (RAFVR all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War

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