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 (Army 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