Bartholomew DeBuona

Military

His plane was the Pathfinder Deputy Lead of the 95th Combat Wing on a raid against an airfield near Paris, probably Villacoublay. The plane was shot down on the way home by a mobile battery of five 88s, 35 miles NNW of Chartres. Near Vigny. Three crew men parachuted safely and the rest were killed. (MACR)6778 &6772 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

25 June 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th & 9th page 441