Historic Aviation Military – Volume 1 Tunison

Album 1 – Tunison Album 1 Album 2 Album 3 Album 4 Album 5 Album 6 Album 7 Album 8 Red Cross WWII Drawings ETO Miscallaneous Creator of Life in the ETO Albums, James B. Tunisonand Paulette Starz James B. Tunison was from New York and enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1943 when he was 21.

He had a couple of years of aeronautical

He had a couple of years of aeronautical engineering college at Cornell and was sent to Burtonwood to assist with building and repairing aircraft. He met his future wife, Paulette E. Starz at Burtonwood.

She was from Indiana and volunteered for...

She was from Indiana and volunteered for the Red Cross. After the war, Paulette returned home and Jim was sent to Dubendorf, Switzerland to repair and scrap damaged aircraft. Mom and Dad keep a serious long-distance relationship through postal letters.

Jim proposed when he returned from the w...

Jim proposed when he returned from the war. Jim was discharged in 1946. Dad then worked for Republic Aviation on Long Island for several years.

Then was transferred to a new project at

Then was transferred to a new project at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Jim enjoyed sports cars, art, and skiing. They had 3 children together, Jim, Jeff, and Andy.

James B. Tunison was tragically killed i...

James B. Tunison was tragically killed in an auto accident a week before his 40th birthday. Mom recently passed at 100 years and these volumes of photos were rediscovered.

If you copy/ use any of the volumes

If you copy/ use any of the volumes somewhere else, please just credit James B. Tunison and Paulette StarzComing in on Runway 33, 1st Base Air Depot, USAAF Station 590 England

United States Army Air Force, WW2 Airfield Site Layout Plan of BurtonwoodNote- Some buildings and hangars had different numbers in WW2 as opposed to post-WW2

Goods Railway Cars at Thetford

Mounting According to T.O.

Bob Dodges Iron Cross

Cottage at Thetford

Officers Quarters at BAD Air Div Bury St Edmunds

The Town Hall at Nottingham

Crawford and Gilman

Ray and Riley

Fairey Barracuda - Royal Navy

Braga and Meredith

The 3 Musketeers

Left to Right are Roper, Henson, and Wigan working on a P-47 Thunderbolt

Group Photo Left to Right: Joe Loss British Dance band leader and musicianVera Lynn popular wartime singerAnd Famous US Army Bandleader Major Glenn MillerLast is Captain Clark [spec service]

Cartoon of the South Pacific 43 by C.R. Tunison

Bowdick at Communal Living Site 6

Sad Shack, Flight Line. in the snow

Sad Shack, flight line

D. H. 89 Dominie Mary Ann Site can be seen in the background

B-24 Lucky Strike [Ploest 1 Vet]

Hoerning and Cobb, next to B-17

Meredith, next to B-17s

Daly, next to B-24 Dirty Gertie

'Little Switzerland' standing at the entrance to an Air Raid Shelter at site 6

White Plain's Kid

B-26 Flying Prostitute

'Zean' next to B-26

Back row from the left is Martin, Daly, LinseyFront row from the left is Courtney, Williams, and Hebert

Left to right are Daly, Williams, Shepherd, Martin, and Linsey

Left to right are:Courtney, Martin, Daly, Williams, Hebert, and Shep

Back row from the left is:Daly, Williams, Linsey, MartinFront row from the left is:Shepherd and Courtney

From the left are:Eppes, Tuny, and Cisco

From the left are:Vernon [Shroub], and Eppes [Atkinson]

At the front is:Eppesand at the back is:Hayes

'Buck Fry' Section 23, Site 1

Gamble, and Mc Cracken in front of C-47

Alert Service:From the left are:Gamble, Mc Math, Mc Gracken, and HensenThis Building was located in front of the J-Type hangar on the Technical site

Alert Service:From the left back row are:Henson, Detorre, Shope, Dodge, Fri, Flanders, and HeimbuecherFrom the left front row are Spaulding, Williams, and Gamble

Alert Service:'Captain Mac' (note the model aircraft above the sign)

Riley from Oklahoma is next to a B-26

From the left standing in the snow are:Hebert, Hancock, and Williams

Bud Martin from Xenia Ohio

Frank Fortuna in a Barrack hut

From the left are:Henson, and McCrackenIn the background is Building number 3 the ferry ATC ControlIn the distance are the hangars of A-Site

Major Mc Math Outside of the 'Sad Shack'

From the left back row are:Daly, Linasey, and MartinAnd from the left front row are:Court, Shepherd, and WilliamsThe photo was taken at site 6

B-24 Old Boomerang claimed to have shot down 12 JerriesStanding Left to Right is:The Bombardier, CO-Pilot & Crew Chief

Left To Right Back Row Are:’Lindsey’, ‘Courtney’, ‘Martin’, & ‘Herbert’Left To Right Front Row Are:’Shepherd’, & ‘Daly’

‘Marshall’ Is In The CabLeft To Right Standing Are:’Folly’, ‘Hoffman’, ‘Pettarre’, ‘Tek’, ‘Walters’, ‘Hoerning’, & ‘Griffith’Left To Right Front Row Are:’Forcine’, ‘Geiss’, ‘Greisimer’, ‘Snell’, & ‘Cob’

left to right are 'Gamble', 'McCracken' & 'Hensen'

'Daly' standing at the entrance of an Air Raid Shelter

left to right are 'Larry Ware' & 'Duncan' in front of B-17s

On the left is 'Moldy Morgan' and Assistant 'Wheel'

On the left is 'Hensen' & on the right is 'Spaulding' in front of A-20

'Ray Riley' in front of a P-47

'Miller' on the left and 'Braga'

'Meredith' in front of B-26

Donald Dipped - IN ALL - OVER - BE

'Gerre' on the Microphone

Inside the American Red Cross Aero Club

Piper L-4 Liaison Aircraft

B-17 'Alabama Exterminator II'Two of a Kind

Nortarop P-61 Black Widow

UC-78 Advanced Multi-Engine Trainer Aircraft in a Collision with a B-17

Damaged B-17 of the 398th bomb groupBased at Nuthampstead UK

Vertical Stabilizer Flack damage of Flying Fortress B-17 G Nicknamed ‘Sparky’From the 100th Bomb Group 349 Squadron Based at Thorpe Abbotts UKPhoto Dated 19/5/44

Aircraft Taxiing Collision

'Git up them stairs'Barracks 7 at site 6

American Red Cross Aero Club with Gerre & FriendsGerre in the middle

Gerre on the left with a friend

Gerre with a friend outside the American Red Cross Entrance

Gerre standing in the West area of site 6

Jean, Gerre, Thatcher, & Kelly

Gerre standing on the left with 2 Friends

Gerre with pet Dog

Gerre is on the Left with a friend

A line-up of P47- Thunderbolts

In the Foreground is an L-5 Liaison AircraftThe Control Tower & Buck Rogers B-26 Racer is in the Background

C-47 Gooney Bird

War-weary B-24 Old Boomerang - she always comes back 86 Missions

Irvin & Co

Leaky Joe and Gamble

Donald Dipped and B-24 Dirty Gerty

B-17 the Stump Jumper - 75 Missions so far

Angels Playmate

Henson & Spaulding in front of P-38 Lockheed lighting Jill's Jallopy IV

Tuscon and Dipped in Kinyon

PBY Catalina

Ken Miller at site 6

Johnny Henson

Henry Braga at site 6

Standing is Eppees and in the left background is building number 2 the Control towerTo the right is building 3 the ATC ferry center

Zean Williams sitting on a P-47 Thunderbolt wing

Buck Fry standing with the hangars of A-Site in the far background

P-38 next to a B-24

Fry and Spaulding standing in front of P-38 Named Sweet-Ellouise

Private 1st class - Jim Tunison

Corporal Bill Stein

Corporal - Bill Irvin

Staff Sergeant - Joe Britz

The ‘Steed’ on his bike in front of Air Raid shelter number 10 at communal living site 6Also in the far background is building number 5 the kitchens and mess rooms

Republic P - 47 Thunderbolt - OL Mama

Left to Right are:Tunison, Irvin, Neujahr, and Britz

Working in front of the Republic P - 47 Thunderbolt is:Spaulding, Roper, Hinson, and Geist

Left to Right are:Shorty Whitcomb ''Greasy'' Harold Greisimer Frank Eppes Jack o. ''Misery Hayes"

Cue Ball ClubBack Row are:Forcine, Pickins, Fry, Whitcomb, and HensonMiddle Row are:Peterson, Shephard, and GreisimerFront Row are:Ainsworth, Walters, Eppes, Gamble, and SpaoldingIn the background is Building Number 3 the ATC Ferry Centre