Richard W Busching
Military
Object Number - UPL 17076 - (L-R) Gen. Kepner, Col. James, LtCol. Jenkins, Maj. Webb, Maj. Joel and Capt. Busching at Nuthampstead.
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service (DS) VIII FC, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM(OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Story County, IA, USA | 5 March 1918 | Son of Louis William and Alta C [Witt] Busching. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Des Moines Park, 7200 SE 5th St, Des Moines, IA 50315, USA | 8 February 1941 | Fort Des Moines IA, USA |
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Based |
Wormingford | 30 September 1942 - 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, UK | 30 November 1942 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, UK | 11 April 1943 | Promoted to Major. |
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Based Transferred |
Wormingford | 8 March 1944 - 26 June 1944 | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Detached Service (DS) |
26 June 1944 - 18 July 1944 | Detached Service (DS) VIII FC, 8AF USAAF. | |
| Ames, IA, USA | |||
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Died |
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Buried |
Elkader, IA 52043, USA | Elkader Cemetery Elkader Clayton County Iowa, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- WWW.55th.org roster
