Album 1 - Tunison
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Mary
The Town Hall at Nottingham
Hebert
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
Meredith
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
Eppes
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
Carole
American Red Cross Aero Club with Gerre & FriendsGerre in the middle
Gerre
Gerre on the left with a friend
Gerre with a friend outside the American Red Cross Entrance
Gerre
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
Colin Kelly Hall, Communal Accommodation Living Site 1
Barracks Section 7, Communal Accommodation Living Site 6Standing L/R are Leon Hebert, Bud Martin, Dick Williams, and Johnny Daly
In front of Hangar J in the foreground is T-6 Flying PayIn the background is the Alert and Service garage at the Tecnical site
Crashed Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
A-20 Last Ride
Hands of Guns
'Eppes' Dodging Bombs in Air Raid Shelter No. 10 At Communal Accommodation Living Site 6
Technical Sergeant Ged Case next to Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Dale Miller standing in front of Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
