Andrew J. Sunter was born on November 16, 1921 in Maryland, He served in the 378th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. On October 17, 1944, the 377th and 378th went out rail-cutting. The 378th knocked out a locomotive near Bad Kreuznach, Germany, but the squadron lost Lt. Andrew Sunter, who had made a daring escape from behind enemy lines a few months earlier. Sunter radioed that his engine was out and received a vector to a new strip, A-82, for an emergency landing. With Lt. Stoddard next to him, Sunter tried to glide to the strip but soon called Stoddard to say he was on fire and would have to bail out. Stoddard saw no fire and told him to stay with the plane, but he lost Sunter in a cloud. Sunter crashed near A-82; his body was found about 300 yards from the wreckage.

Extract from Major Seivert's report:
"Lt Sunter was flying n°3 position in a flight lead bt Lt Stoddard. Soon after crossing our front line positions, he called his leader and notified him that he was having engine trouble. His oil pressure was low and the oil temperature was exceedingly high, his engine was missing and his power diminishing. The flight leader immediately asked "Ripsaw" for un homing to the nearest airstrip. On the way to A-82, Lt Sunter called his leader, informed him that his plane was on fire and that he was going to bail out. The leader immediately called Lt Sunter to tell him that he could see no fire and that he should try to "belly land" it; however , Lt Sunter by this time was getting out of the ship and both he and the aircraft disappeared into the overcast. Lt Stoddard descended through the overcast and noticed the plane burning on the ground, but didn't see a chute. Lt Stoddard then landed at A-82 to investigate. The pilot was dead and the aircraft totally destroyed." 2Lt Sunter is now buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

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