Album 2 - Tunison

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 Starz

Manchester Ship Canal at Padgate Warrington

From left to right, the group photo is:Kinyon, Dent, Nichols, Jackson, and Stein at site 6

The Camp Prostitute Buster

Drawbridge and Moat at Edinburgh Castle

Brits and Tunison at Edinburgh Castle

Fry and Brits at Edinburgh Castle

Brits at Edinburgh

Harris, Nichols, and Stein are left to right at Edinburgh Castle

Nichols and Stein at Edinburgh Castle

Deansgate Manchester Cathedral

London Times Square - Picadilly Circus

Princes Street Edinburgh

Miller at site 6 outside Barracks section number 7 building number 11in the background, is building number 7

Northrop P-61in the background is Mary Ann site

Kinyon in front of a B-26

P-47s at Sad Shack Dispersals

Hancock in Sad ShackB-26s and B17 on runway O4in the background is hangar 6 at Mary Ann site in January 1945

Hebert in Sad Shack

Williams and Hancock in front of a P-47

Hancock in the cockpit of a P-47

Hebert in the cockpit of a P-47

Hancock and WilliamsIn the background is hangar 6 at Mary Ann site

Stein and Kinyon in front of Air Raid Shelter number 10 at site 6

Dent in front of barracks section number 7Building number 7 is in the righ background

Manchester ship canal at Warrington

P-47 Austins Iron CrossRight brake stuck and aircraft ground looped

Daly in a 2-seat P-47

Kinyon in a 2-seat P-47Victory mission markingsUmbrellas = Fighter coverBrooms and Bombs =SweepsBombs = bombing missions

Dipped in the cockpit of a P-47

Daly in front of B-24 Dirty Girty

Hancock on a tractor in the snowin the background is C-Type hangar number 6 at Mary Ann site

Daly in front of B-26 Target for Today

Northrop P-61B

Miller in the cockpit of Northrop P-61

Northrop P-61 Holts crew

Northrop P-61 Holt on his ass as per

B-17 Little Joe & B-17 with tail letters L J Limey John

Dumbarton

Irvin hits bottom

Miller & Braga in front of L-4 Liaison Aircraft

Landing Gear Collapses on take-offwith a slightly eager pilot flying a Northrop P-61 on runway 15

Vultee A-35 Vengeance

Sad Shack dispersalA photo taken from the roof of Hangar J at the technical siteA P-61 is in the foreground

Base Air Depot 1 USAAF Station 590 BurtonwoodIn the Left foreground are Alert & Servicein the Right foreground are Sad ShackAlso in the middle are the control tower & ferry poolcontrolwith runway 09/27 running Left to RightIn the background are hangars 7 and 8 at A-Site

Northrop P-61s between hangars K & J at the technical siteHangar K can be seen on the Left

Hebert is on the wing of a P-47

Mulvehill and Lindsey in front of building number 7

Matt Daniel on Bomb Shelter

Denny outside building number 7

Left to Right are Jimmy, Denny, and Danny. on bomb shelter

Left to Right are Denny, Danny, and Willy on bomb shelter

Holts B-26 crew

Braga and Meredith at the Technical site, Hangar J is in the background

Left to Right are Lindsey, Mulvehill, Danny, and Williams on the roof of a bomb shelter

Left to Right are Miller, Collins, Meredith, Vanarnam, and Braga, standing in front of L-5 and L-4 Liaison Aircraft

Bow dick on a Battery Cart, in the background, is a B-26

Danny on a bomb shelter

Kokko and Dumbarton in front of P-47N on the Left and P-47D on the Right

Frank Pelto

Stem at site 6 Ablutions Barracks 7

Jimmy Lindsey in front of building number 7

Bowdick and Rig in front of L-5 and L-4 Liaison Aircraft

Colonel H. Zemkes P-47 of the 56th fighter group has just returned from a mission, home base at Boxted near Colchester

Omichinski of the 55th and 56th Fighter Group at Boxted

Miller and Omichinski

Meredith in front of a P-61

Miller in front of a P-61

Miller

Braga and Meredith at Barracks 7 Burtonwood

Miller in front of a Fairey Barracuda

Miller standing in front of a b-24

Braga and Meredith

Braga, Van, Arnam, Miller, and Meredith

Braga in the Cockpit of a B-26

Miller and Meredith next to the top turret of a B-24

Braga on a B-24

Braga standing under the wing of a B-24

Meredith on the wing of a B-24

Working on B-24 number 2 engine

Meredith and B-24

Bow Dick in the front turret of a b-26

Dropsies B-24.engine Maintenance

Louis and Mcbride in front of a P-47

'Mcbride'in the cockpit of a P-47 Called MISS SIS

'Stan Louis'in the cockpit of a P-47 Called MISS SIS

Braga and Meredith

Sommers and Wigan in front of a P-51

Frank Pelto [wheel] in front of a P-38

Hyde Park

Ronald Wood and Tony Erkeneff in front of a P-38

Meredith in front of a B-24

Meredith on a B-24

Miller and Meredith next to a B-24

Miller on a B-24 wing

A President Dies, Franklin D.RooseveltThe American flag is at half mast outside Building 35Headquarters building at Technical on the 12 of April 1945

Royal Air Force Avro Anson

A Limey Fires up a British Vultee Vengeance

P-47, 2,000 Horses Standing Still

B17- Sky Queen

Northrop P-61 Black Widows before Engineering

Northrop P-61 Black Widows after Engineering

C-47 Gooney Bird comes to Roost

Everything in the Panel

Braga and Meredith in front of a P-47

Cobb, Freddie and Cisco

Alert and Service

Irvin at Manchester Lancashire

Tunison at Manchester Lancashire

[Turbo] Oswalt and Combs

B-24 no Lockee

Combs on Runway 22

[Bugs] Maier

US Servicemen of Section 7Seen here at Communal Living Site 6facing the fence of building 14Building 14 is their orderly room (that is out of sight of the camera)In the background is Air Raid Shelter 9

US Servicemen of Section 7 at Communal Living Site 6 at BurtonwoodThe men are seen standing next to the fence of their orderly room(which is out of sight of the camera)In the background are building number 5 the mess rooms, and the kitchen

Biagi, and Howard, are standing in front of Building number 14 the Section 7 Orderly roomIn the background is Air Raid Shelter number 9The large building to the right is Building number 5 the mess rooms and the Kitchen