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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
Northrop P - 61 Black Widow
Courtney and Daly
P - 38 Lockheed Lightning
Johnny Daly is next to the Republic P - 47 Thunderbolts
Daly, Kokko, and Ryals
Daly next to the North American P - 51 Mustangs
Uc.43 Beech Craft
Daly in front of L - 4 Piper Cubs
Boeing B-17
Boeing B-17 Mary Ann Site in the background
Ged Case
Ged Case
Ged Case
Pancho in front of one of the Barrack huts at Communal Living Site 6
From the left are Pancho, Steve, and Annibali at communal Living Site 6
Ferry Pilot Lands Douglas A-20 with the right brake locked
Ryals and England
Henson and Fry
Limey John and Jonny Ryals
What's Left of the Right Strut and Wheel
B-17 With the Control Tower in the background
Earlestown Royal British Legion Club
Ged Case
Ged Case at Site 6
In the background are the bike racks, the Earth mound of Air Raid Shelter 9 & Brook House farm buildings
Basil Wells in front of the bike racks and Brook House farm that was retained and used when the airfield was constructed
Buck Fry Skeeter, De-Havilland Mosquito with Radar installed in the nose
Parked up De-Havilland Mosquito
Flying Control Jeep, in the jeep are Detorre and Abernatny, and standing is no step Saiger
C-47 in Hangar, standing are Braga, Stein, and Menideth
Irvins and Newahr in the Air Scoop
Backer
Technical site
In the foreground is the wing of a 4 Turbo B-17
In the background is a gas truck, B-26, C-47, & Control Tower
Boeing B-17 on take-off
Northrop P-61 Black Widow
C-45 Beechcraft
Republic P-47 Thunderbolts
Boeing B-17s
The B-17 in the background with the Letter 'P' inside a triangle is of the 384th bomb group based at Grafton Underwood
The B-17 with the Letter 'W' inside a square is of the 486th bomb group based at Sudbury
Douglas C-47 Skytrains
Technical site
In the background is Building Number 2 - the airfield control tower
Joe Running P-47 Thunderbolt
Douglas C-47 Skytrains
Henry Braga at Red Cross Carnival
From the left are Harris, Tunison, Nichols, Daly, & Stein at Barracks 7 Billets Building number 11 at Communal Living site 6
The Windows in these Billets huts were generally metal Crittall units that came in many different pane configurations.
These Temporary Brick buildings constructed at site 6 were designed to last for the duration of the war and have a life span of 10 years and were built out of single brick walls without a cavity. The walls are supported by brick piers spaced at 10-feet centers. with internal spans of 18 or 28 feet.
The walls also supported a light steel frame carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting or board with felt roofing. Outside the brickwork was rendered with cement whilst inside the walls were painted in a variety of colors. The buildings had concrete floors.
Site 6 was the only Living site to be constructed of brick at Burtonwood, the other Living sites being built of the prefabrication type.
Barracks 7 group photo at Communal living site 6
Back row from the Left is Martin, Gazo, Eisensmith, Hancock, Williams, Nichols, Miller, Lindsey, Crawford, and Meredith
Front row from the left is Kinyon, Williams, Courtney, and Kelzac
Group Photo at Communal Living site 6
Back row is Hebert, Hancock, Courtney, and Flanders
Front row is Moddrell, Daly, and Shepherd
Group photo at Communal Living site 6
Back row is Daly, Hancock, and Williams
Front row is Hebert, Courtney, and Flanders
Williams on the Left and Shepherd on the Right a Communal Living site 6
From the Left are Flanders, Shepherd, and Williams at Communal Living site 6
Williams at Communal Living Site 6
From the Left are Flanders, Shepherd, and Williams at Communal Living Site 6
Shepherd at site 6 Communal Living Site
Barracks 7 Work Formation at 0730 Hours
In the background is building number 5 - the Dining room
Behind The Guys is Air Raid Shelter number 10 at the Communal living site 6
Loose Equipment Truck
B-26 Eat Em Up Alive B-17 in the background
Ranger 6 cylin L-440
Moldy Vultee A-35
C-47 in the background
Feather 2
Northrop P-61 black widow Night Owl
Vultee A-35 Take off on Runway 27
Curtiss C-46 Commando take off on Runway 27
P-38 Lockheed Lightning take off on Runway 27
Pizzeria Pub- Crawler
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Douglas C-54 Skymaster Firing up
The following 7 photos are of war-weary B-26 Martin Marauder twin-engine Bombers in Dispersal 1 next to site 1
Buckeye Blitz Wagon
Wyomings Dirty Boy
Skars n Gripes
The Cock in Hand
Bums Hush
Punching Bag
Red Dog
B-17 with Building 2 the Control tower in the background
Soapy Metz is on the left & on the right is Pritch
The aircraft in the background is a Douglas C-47
