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.Site 6 - Tinker Hall
Paulette and Trudy are sitting on the grass at site 6, Tinker HallThe 3 buildings in the left background are building number 5, which is the 2 dining rooms with the kitchen in the middleThe 2 Barrack huts in the right background are building number 13 at the top and building 25 at the bottom
USAAF personnel and kitchen staff are having a party for the Americans returning home to the statesideThe party is at Tinker Hall, Burtonwood, England
USAAF personnel and kitchen staff are having a party for the Americans returning home to the statesideThe party is at Tinker Hall, Burtonwood, England.Photo taken using a wide-angle lens
Tinker Hall Site 6 kitchen staff and other workersPaulette is 3rd from the left, back rowKathy Griffiths' Grandmother is standing at the backthe one on the far right, Ann Flaherty [Nee Tarpey]
Frank Eppes and Jim Tunison at site 6 in front of a small Hilman truckJim was my Dad, and they met Paulette Starz here at the Red CrossWell, they married back in New York right after the end of the war
"I scanned some of Mom's loose photos, scanned them, and tried to get them in some sort of order. These are mostly my mom, Paulette Starz, when she joined the Red Cross and went to Burtonwood RAF during WWII, and met my dad, James B. Tunison (Jim). There are quite a few with her best friend Trudy Stevemon (sp?)."Photo of Paulette Starz, Title please return to Mrs Emilie D. Starz, 11110 South Esmond Street, Chicago 43, Illinois (please do not copy - credit to paulette starz)
