HUNTER – Robert Cyril Adair

J3754 – P/O – MBK – RCAF – POW #1633, Stalag Luft III

[Sources: RCAF Casuality list 0058, Ross’ POW list, courtesy Alieneyes]

On the night of 15/16 July 1941, after a successful attack on Duisburg, the Wellington aircraft was caught in a belt of searchlights, was struck by flak then attacked by an enemy fighter. Bullets and cannon shell struck the aircraft and exploded in the cabin and blasted open the mid-under turret hatch…..The observer, P/O Robert Cyril Adair Hunter, when proceeding aft to render assistance to the rear gunner, fell through the damaged under-turret hatch.

Astonishingly P/O Hunter survived and was captured on landing.  He spent the rest of the war as a prisoner before being repatriated 11th May 1945.

[Source: website 75 NZ Squadron, courtesy AD]

One addition to “HUNTER – Robert Cyril Adair”

  1. kennedy singh adds:

    In my community lives a 94 year old gentleman how name is George Chung .He is an ex R.A.F. serviceman how worked as a quartermaster during the WW2.He is a small business man for many years and is still in business. He drive well kept 1962 Austin Cambribge motor car with his R.A.F. bag on the grill.He and is wife (about the same age)still live together.

    May 25th, 2011 at 4:46 pm

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