Hunt, Donald Eric

Killed in Action 1944-03-14

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Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Rev. Harry Charles Hunt and Gertrude Hunt

Home: Buranda, Queensland, Australia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAAF

Unit

4 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Stranraer

Rank

Warrant Officer

Position

Warrant Officer

Service Numbers

423125

Home
Google MapBuranda, Queensland, Australia
First Burial
Google MapRunnymede Memorial, United Kingdom
4 Operational Training Unit. The crew of Sunderland aircraft DP 178 were on an anti-sub patrol and their last known position was seventy miles south-west of Sumburge Head, Shetland Islands. F/Ls J.M. Powell, A.G. Rawland, Flying Officer A.B. McElroy, WOs S.G. Campbell, E.W. McCready, W. Gill, FSs E. Dwyer, W.M. Richmond, and two of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. An extensive air-sea search was undertaken and although the crew of one search aircraft reported a fleeting glimpse of what was believed to be aircraft wreckage none of the crew were located.

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Sunderland DP178

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Flying Officer Berry, Peter Warren (RAFVR)

Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1 Campbell, Stephen Gordon (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Dwyer, Eric (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1 Gill, Walter (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

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Warrant Officer Hunt, Donald Eric (RAAF)

Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1 McCready, Ernest William (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flying Officer McElroy, Arthur Bowker Smith (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Lieutenant Powell, Joseph Marcel Jacques (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Lieutenant Rawland, Arthur Gordon (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

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Flight Sergeant Richmond, William Merser (RCAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Sivell, Edgar Walter (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Short Sunderland

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (DND Photo)
Short Sunderland, coded Z, 15 Apr 1943
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The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England.

Developed in parallel with the civilian S.23 Empire flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways, the Sunderland was developed specifically to conform to the requirements of British Air Ministry Specification R.2/33 for a long-range patrol/reconnaissance flying boat to serve with the Royal Air Force (RAF). As designed, it served as a successor to the earlier Short Sarafand flying boat. Sharing several similarities with the S.23, it featured a more advanced aerodynamic hull and was outfitted with various offensive and defensive armaments, including machine gun turrets, bombs, aerial mines, and depth charges. The Sunderland was powered by four Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engines and was outfitted with various detection equipment to aid combat operations, including the Leigh searchlight, the ASV Mark II and ASV Mark III radar units, and an astrodome.

The Sunderland was one of the most powerful and widely used flying boats throughout the Second World War. In addition to the RAF, the type was operated by other Allied military air wings, including the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), South African Air Force (SAAF), Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), French Navy, Norwegian Air Force, and the Portuguese Navy. During the conflict, the type was heavily involved in Allied efforts to counter the threat posed by German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.Wikipedia

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