1/Lt Allen F Bunte

[Locobuster]

Chris, maybe you could contact someone conencted up with the 4th.FG Assoc.?

All I found was:
BUNTE, ALLEN F - 1LT AO00885497
State of Residence at time of enlistment: Florida
Joined RCAF: 30 March, 1941
Joined 4th.FG: 25 May , 1943
Aerial victories: 1 FS-156 on 03/08/44, 1 Me-109 on 03/23/44, 1 Fw-190 on 03/29/44
AwardsFC, Air Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Lost: 5 April, 1944 while flying P-51B 43-6946 (QP-L), the assigned a/c of Lt. Ralph Kidd- crashed airplane into a lake near Potsdam, Ger. after hitting a high-tension wire near Gardelegen A/D.
POW, Liberated


From: http://home.earthlink.net/~johnrlove...d/chptr11.html

Lt. Allen F. Bunte, of Eustis, Fla., a stringy, gaunt man with the mustache of a western desperado and a yearning to become an actor, flew with another squadron attacking five 109s, which broke to the deck. In his excitement, Bunte opened fire at 1,000 yards. But by the time he closed in to 200 yards, his fusillade found the mark. The German spun out and jettisoned his canopy, but Bunte lost sight of him.

A few minutes later Bunte encountered a German trainer plane put-putting along just over the trees.

"Well, whatta you know, Joe?" the pilots heard Bunte growl.

No use letting the cadet win his wings. Bunte squirted but saw no strikes. He was almost ramming the German cadet's trainer. Bunte pulled the stick slightly and nimbly leap-frogged the cadet, looking back to see him and his trainer in the top of a tree, like a bird's nest.

More info: http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/resource/bunte.html

Nothing on whatever became of him.

Hope there's something in there that might help.