Ernest Leroy Bunte ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

He was living in Austin, Texas, in Mar 1942.

Ernest enlisted as a Private in the Army on 15 May 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. His enlistment record recorded that he had 2 years of high school and that his civilian occupation was semiskilled welder and flame cutter. His height was 69 inches and his weight 143 pounds. He was married.

He rose to the rank of second Lt. in the Army Air Corps during WWII and was a bombardier. He bombed Germany from a base in England. His plane, the "Ruptured Duck" was shot down over Kassel by German antiaircraft .

Combat Organization: 324th Bomber Squadron 91st Bomber
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Air Medal, Additional Army Awards
Service Number: 749670 ⁸

  Additional Information:

• Military Service: as 2Lt, US Army Air Corps, 1942-1944, Germany during World War II. ^{6 9}

Ernest married Helen L. Brown on 17 Feb 1939.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorce, Mar 1939.

Ernest next married Ruth Elizabeth Fugate, daughter of J. R. Fugate and Lillian Turner. (Ruth Elizabeth Fugate was born on 23 Jun 1912 in Forney, Kaufman County, Texas,¹⁰ died on 2 Oct 1950 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas ¹⁰ and was buried on 3 Oct 1950 in Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas ¹⁰.). The cause of her death was post operative fibroid due to cancer of uterus, acute necrosis of liver.