Norman Alton GAUNTT

Source : Pilot Class Book 43-A, Garner field, TEXAS

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

O-672793

AGE

26 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

28 October 1916

STATE

Weatherford, TEXAS

FAMILY

Parents : Charles Virgil & Jewel Adeline
Siblings : Norman Alton, Charles Virgil & Sarah Medina

RANK

2^nd Lieutenant

FONCTION

Co-Pilot

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

SQUADRON

545^th Bomb Squadron

GROUP

384^th Bomb Group

ARMY

8^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

04 july 1943

Source : F Lavernhe

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Poillé-sur-Vegre (ferme famille Gouin) Lieu-dit Grand-Breil SARTHE

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-40-DL - s/n 42-3235 JD*T

"Lakanuki"
b17
Macr: 4495
Mission: Usine Gnome & Rhone LE MANS (72)

Take Off station 106 Grafton Underwood, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - MACR 4495 & 3035
Helped during the escape by: Mr Auduc, Mr Bouvret, André Dubois, Victor David, Mme Heissat etc..
Shot by hunter Focke Wulf 190 -A5 piloté par Uffz Wolfgang Ortlepp du JG2/Stab of 28000 pieds

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Saint André N°3572

St André

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville

Map Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
I	27	10

DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Photo FDLM

victory medal

gauntt norman crew

Source : Pilot Class Book 43-A, Garner field, TEXAS

42 3235 stèle

In memory of the US aviators that crashed over Poille (Sarthe)

gauntt norman tombe

Source : Jacky EMERY

gauntt norman a

Rough Creek Cemetery Granbury, Hood County, TEXAS

Source : Cheryl Crump

gauntt norman a

Source : Newspapers.com

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-40-DL - s/n 42-3235 JDT "Lakanuki"*
2^nd Lieutenant	Lawrence Wayne MYER	Pilot	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
2^nd Lieutenant	Norman Alton GAUNTT	CoPilot	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
2^nd Lieutenant	James Claybourne CROUCH	Navigator	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
2^nd Lieutenant	Thomas Henty BRZOZNOWSKI	Bomber	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
T/Sergeant	Jack DAVIDSON	Radio	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
T/Sergeant	James Lynn LARUE	Mechanic	Dead - Colfax Cem. Washington USA
Sergeant	Kenneth Eldon CHRISTENSEN	Gunner	Dead - Cem Am Colleville-sur-Mer
S/Sergeant	Floyd C Jr HUBBLE	Gunner	Dead - Cem Am Colleville-sur-Mer
S/Sergeant	David L BUTCHER	Gunner	Evasion with network Françoise - Dead in 2004 Ashes scattered around the monument - Help during his escape: Mr Auduc, Mr Bouvret, André Dubois, Victor David, Mme Heissat etc..
Sergeant	James Thomas CARTER	Gunner	Dead - Fort Sam Houston Nat Cem

8^th AIR FORCE

8AIRFORCE

D-Day - Order of battle

U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl SPAATZ

8^th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE

1^st Bombardment Division: Major General R. B. Williams

1^st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General William M. Gross

91^st Bombardment Group (Bassingbourn airfield): Colonel Henry W. Terry

381^st Bombardment Group (Ridgewell airfield): Colonel Harry P. Leber, Jr

398^th Bombardment Group (Nuthampstead airfield): Colonel Frank P. Hunter, Jr

40^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Howard M. Turner

92^nd Bombardment Group (Podington airfield): Colonel William M. Reid

305^th Bombardment Group (Chelveston airfield): Colonel Ernest H. Lawson

306^th Bombardment Group (Thurleigh airfield): Colonel George L. Robinson

41^st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Robert F. Travis

303^rd Bombardment Group (Molesworth airfield): Colonel Kermit D. Stevens

379^th Bombardment Group (Kimbolton airfield): Colonel Maurice A. Preston

384^th Bombardment Group (Grafton Underwood airfield): Colonel Dale O. Smith

94^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Julius K. Lacey

351^st Bombardment Group (Polebrook airfield): Colonel Eugene A. Romig

401^st Bombardment Group (Deenethorpe airfield): Colonel Harold W. Bowman

457^th Bombardment Group (Glatton airfield): Colonel James R. Luper

2^nd Bombardment Division: Major General J. P. Hodges

2^nd Bombardment Wing (Hethel airfield): Brigadier General Edward J. Timberlake

389^th Bombardment Group (Hethel airfield): Colonel Robert B. Miller

445^th Bombardment Group (Tibenham airfield): Colonel Robert H. Terrill

453^rd Bombardment Group (Old Buckenham airfield): Colonel Ramsay D. Potts, Jr

14^th Bombardment Wing (Shipdham airfield): Brigadier General Leon W. Johnson

44^th Bombardment Group (Shipdham airfield): Colonel John H. Gibson

392^nd Bombardment Group (Wendling airfield): Colonel Irvine A. Rendle

492^nd Bombardment Group (North Pickenham airfield): Colonel Eugene H. Snavely

20^th Bombardment Wing (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Jack W. Wook

93^rd Bombardment Group (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Leland G. Fiegel

446^th Bombardment Group (Bungay airfield): Colonel Jacob J. Brogger

448^th Bombardment Group (Seething airfield): Colonel Gerry L. Mason

95^th Bombardment Wing (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Frederick R. Dent, Jr

489^th Bombardment Group (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Ezekiel W. Napier

491^st Bombardment Group (Metfield airfield): Lt. Colonel Carl T. Goldenburg

96^th Bombardment Wing (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Brigadier General Walter R. Peck

458^th Bombardment Group (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Colonel James H. Isbell

466^th Bombardment Group (Attlebridge airfield): Colonel Arthur Pierce

467^th Bombardment Group (Rackhealth airfield): Lt. Colonel Albert H. Shower

3^rd Bombardment Division: Major General C. E. Le-May

4^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle

94^th Bombardment Group (Bury St. Edmunds airfield): Colonel Charles B. Dougher

385^th Bombardment Group (Great Ashfield airfield): Colonel Elliot Vandevanter

447^th Bombardment Group (Rattlesden airfield): Colonel Hunter Harris, Jr

13^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Colonel Edgar M. Wittan

95^th Bombardment Group (Horham airfield): Colonel Karl Truesdell

100^th Bombardment Group (Thorpe Abbotts airfield): Colonel ^thomas S. Jeffrey

390^th Bombardment Group (Framlingham airfield): Colonel Frederick W. Ott

45^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Archie J. Old Jr

96^th Bombardment Group (Snetterton Heath airfield): Colonel James L. Travis

388^th Bombardment Group (Knettishall airfield): Colonel William B. David

452^nd Bombardment Group (Deopham Green airfield): Colonel Thetus C. Odom

92^nd Bombardment Wing: Colonel Harold Q. Huglin

486^th Bombardment Group (Sudbury airfield): Colonel Glendon P. Overing

487^th Bombardment Group (Lavenham airfield): Colonel Robert Taylor III

93^rd Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General John K. Gerhart

34^th Bombardment Group (Mendlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Ernest F. Wackwitz, Jr

490^th Bombardment Group (Eye airfield): Colonel Lloyd H. Watnee

493^rd Bombardment Group (Debach airfield): Colonel Elbert Helton

VIII Fighter Command: Major General W. E. Kepner

65^th Fighter Wing (Saffron Walden airfield): Brigadier General Jesse Auton

4^th Fighter Group (Debden airfield): Colonel Donald M. Blakeslee

56^th Fighter Group (Boxted airfield): Colonel Hubert A. Zemke

355^th Fighter Group (Steeple Morden airfield): Colonel William J. Cummings, Jr

356^th Fighter Group (Martlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Philip E. Tukey, Jr

479^th Fighter Group (Wattisham airfield): Lt. Colonel Kyle L. Riddle

66^th Fighter Wing (Sawston airfield): Brigadier General Murray C. Woodbury

55^th Fighter Group (Wormingford airfield): Colonel George T. Crowell

78^th Fighter Group (Duxford airfield): Colonel Frederick C. Gray, Jr

339^th Fighter Group (Fowlmere airfield): Colonel Hohn B. Henry Jr

353^rd Fighter Group (Raydon airfield): Colonel Glenn E. Duncan

357^th Fighter Group (Leiston airfield): Colonel Donald W. Graham

67^th Fighter Wing (Walcot Hall): Brigadier General Edward W. Anderson

20^th Fighter Group (Kings Cliffe airfield): Lt. Colonel Harold Rau

352^nd Fighter Group (Bodney airfield): Colonel Joe L. Mason

359^th Fighter Group (East Wretham airfield): Colonel Avelin P. Tacon, Jr

361^st Fighter Group (Bottisham airfield): Colonel Thomas J. J. Christian, Jr

364^th Fighter Group (Honington airfield): Colonel Roy W. Osborn

Source Information

Americandday.org

INFORMATION SOURCES	Francecrashes39-45.net - Arie-Jan van Hees - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov
PICTURE SOURCE	Frédéric LAVERNHE - Uswarmemorials.org - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
PROGRAMMER	Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud

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GAUNTT Norman A - 545 BS 384 BG

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-40-DL - s/n 42-3235 JDT "Lakanuki"*

8^th AIR FORCE

D-Day - Order of battle

U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl SPAATZ

8^th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE

GAUNTT Norman A - 545 BS 384 BG

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-40-DL - s/n 42-3235 JD*T "Lakanuki"

8th AIR FORCE

D-Day - Order of battle

U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl SPAATZ

8th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-40-DL - s/n 42-3235 JDT "Lakanuki"*

8^th AIR FORCE

8^th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE