Lenard Leroy Bryant

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-37847.png UPL 37847 1Lt John Oliver Buslee crew 384th Bomb Group, Back row, left to right:
• 2Lt. John Oliver Buslee, Pilot, from Park Ridge, Illinois
• 2Lt. David Franklin Albrecht, Co-Pilot, from Chico, California
• 2Lt. Chester A. Rybarczyk, Navigator, from Toledo, Ohio
• 2Lt. James B. Davis, Bombardier, from New Castle, Indiana

Front row, left to right:
• Sgt. Erwin V. Foster, Ball Turret Gunner, from Elmira, New York
• Sgt. Sebastiano Joseph Peluso, Radio Operator/Gunner, from Brooklyn, New York
• Cpl. Lenard Leroy Bryant, Waist Gunner, from Lubbock, Texas
• Sgt. Clarence B. Seeley, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, from Halsey, Nebraska
• S/Sgt. Eugene D. Lucynski, Tail Gunner, from Detroit, Michigan
• Sgt. George Edwin Farrar, Waist Gunner, from Atlanta, Georgia,

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Object Number - UPL 37847 - 1Lt John Oliver Buslee crew 384th Bomb Group, Back row, left to right: • 2Lt. John Oliver Buslee, Pilot, from Park Ridge, Illinois • 2Lt....

Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 16 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg in B-17 43-37822 'Lead Banana' 28-Sep-44; Collided with 42-31222 'Lazy Daisy' coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

384th Bomb Group

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

544th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Man in Air Force uniform posed standing outdoors in front of wooden buildings.

Gerald Lee Anderson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 37479451
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John Oliver Buslee

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-764209
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-38013

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

43-37822

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Lead Banana
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

652

Date: 28 September 1944

Places

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Netherlands American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Grady, OK	7 March 1919	Son of John G and Fannie L [Drake] Bryant.
Died	Ostingersleben, Germany	28 September 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg 28-Sep-44; Collided with B-17 coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793
Buried	Ostingersleben, Germany	29 September 1944	Interred Ostingersleben cemetery
Buried			Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherland Plot G Row 7 Grave 22
	Littlefield, TX		NoK: wife Ruby Maudine [Baisden] Bryant.
Based	Grafton Underwood	28 September 1944	Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.