Gundy Samuel Charles

Monuments

B-17 (42-31115) 'Hells Belles' Monument -388th Bomber Group

388th Bomb Group Memorial -RAF Knettishall Station 136

Name:

Samuel Charles Gundy

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

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Unit:

562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

2010-04-23

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Samuel Charles Gundy was born on March 28, 1918. He was the son of Irvin G. Gundy and Kate Glass Gundy. He was the husband of Mary E Dunkleberger Gundy.

Samuel served in the 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot on the B-17G #42-31115 "Hell's Bells" during World War II. He survived the air crash on February 10, 1944, when the aircraft he was in was shot down by flak and crashed at Heemskerk near Uitgeest, The Netherlands.