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Creator of Life in the ETO Albums, James B. Tunison and 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 11
in the background, is building number 7
Northrop P-61
in the background is Mary Ann site
Kinyon in front of a B-26
P-47s at Sad Shack Dispersals
Hancock in Sad Shack
B-26s and B17 on runway O4
in 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 Williams
In 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 7
Building number 7 is in the righ background
Manchester ship canal at Warrington
P-47 Austins Iron Cross
Right brake stuck and aircraft ground looped
Daly in a 2-seat P-47
Kinyon in a 2-seat P-47
Victory mission markings
Umbrellas = Fighter cover
Brooms and Bombs = Sweeps
Bombs = bombing missions
Dipped in the cockpit of a P-47
Daly in front of B-24 Dirty Girty
Hancock on a tractor in the snow
in 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-off
with a slightly eager pilot flying a Northrop P-61 on runway 15
Vultee A-35 Vengeance
Sad Shack dispersal
A photo taken from the roof of Hangar J at the technical site
A P-61 is in the foreground
Base Air Depot 1 USAAF Station 590 Burtonwood
In the Left foreground are Alert & Service
in the Right foreground are Sad Shack
Also in the middle are the control tower & ferry pool
control with runway 09/27 running Left to Right
In the background are hangars 7 and 8 at A-Site
Northrop P-61s between hangars K & J at the technical site
Hangar 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
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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.Roosevelt
The American flag is at half mast outside Building 35
Headquarters 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 7
Seen here at Communal Living Site 6 facing the fence of building 14
Building 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 Burtonwood
The 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 room
In the background is Air Raid Shelter number 9
The large building to the right
is Building number 5 the mess rooms and the Kitchen
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