Album 6 - Tunison

Miscallaneous <-------- Click Here to Go Back to John J Tunison's Album List 1-8Creator 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

(Photo Shots from RAF Valley Wales)B-17 Named'Maiden America'

B-17 Crash landing Loccoco H6. 7

'Consolidated B-24 Liberator'named'Damifino'

B-17 Named'Blitz Baby'

'Consolidated B-24 Liberator'Named'Tiger Terror'

'Consolidated B-24 Liberator'named'Picadilly Virgin Five Quid'RAF Valley men from H6. 7 ON TD

B-17 Named'General five-star rating in anybody's book'

'Consolidated B-24 Liberator'named'Frisco Frisky'

'Consolidated B-24 Liberator'named'Beautiful Billie'

'Consolidated B-24 Liberator'named'That's All Brother'

'Consolidated PBY Catalina'in front is'Stroh'and'Schmieder'

'Braga'in a C-47 Cockpitin the background is a B-24 Liberator

'American Servicemen'next to a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

'Tunison'in the Cockpit

'Snowman works'in front of the Control tower

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress called'Round Trip Ticket 2'

'Mop Bucket work'at Site 6 BAD 1

Douglas A-29 Crash Landing

'Tunison'in front of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolts .50 Cal Guns

'The United States Nursing Corps 168th USAAF and US Army Military Station Hospital'at Appleton Hall Stretton Warrington during April 1943The Hall was built in 1820 for Thomas Lyon and was demolished in the mid-1960s

A march past of the'American Nurses of the 168th Station Hospital'at Appleton Hall Stretton Warrington during April 1943'The Nurses'had just returned from Iceland and were the first American Nursing Corps to be Assigned to Europe

'Ken Miller'of Flight Test at Burtonwood BAD 1 is at the American168th Station Hospital at Appleton Stretton Warrington

From the Left is:'Ken Miller'of Flight Testing at Burtonwood&'Bill Gowan'of the 310th Ferry PoolThey are at the 168th Station Hospital

One of the many prefabricated hospital buildings that were constructed at the 168th Station Hospital

From the Left is:'Braga'and'Bowdick'in front of a Modified PG 2N at BAD 1, G5

Northrop P-61 Black Widow having a Pre-Oil

Northrop P-61 Black Widow with A-Site in the background

The same P-61

Boeing B-17

From the Left is:'Alexander'and'Slim'in the Section 7 Supply room atSite Number 6

Group photo of Inside Section 7 Barracks Hut Building 11 at Site Number 6Photo taken on the 7th of August 1945Left to Right Standing is:Mulville, Stein, Daly, Nichols, Miller, Zean Williams, Hancock, Dick Williams, CourtneyAt the Front Bottom Left is:'Tunison'wearing the hat and next to him is'Kinton'

Group photo of Inside Section 7 Barracks Hut Building 11 on Site Number 6Photo taken on the 7th of August 1945Left to Right Standing is:Daly, Kinton, Virga, Miller,Melzac, Crawford, Dick Williams,Courtney, Nichols, Stein, Zean WilliamsAt the Front Bottom Left is:'Tunison'wearing the hat & below him is'Mulville'

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Named'Mamas Lil, Angel'

Consolidated B-24 Liberator Named'Home Town Gall'

From the left are:Long John NerolichOld Nick Nichols& Bill Baxter

Boeing B-17 is coming in on Runway 27

Looking West across the Airfield of Base Air Depot 1 Station 590

The photo was taken from the Radio Tower

Margie on a bond tour outside Site 6 Aero Club

P-51 getting the works by Cox and Irvin

Detorre and Beauregard

Cox and Zach are working on a Lockheed C-40 with Netherland Markings

Cliff Edwards with a Lockheed C-40 in the Background

A Standard 10 car

From the left are Braga and Meredith, and to the left out of the Camera shot is the Soda FountainIn the background is Building 51 the Decontamination Centre, and later to be the Base Photo Lab

Technical Site, Tinker Hall the Headquarters Building Number 35

B-17s at the Sad Shack

B-17s at Sad Shack Dispersals

Sad Shack Flight Line