Ray E Buckminster

Military

Shot down 23-November-1942 in B-17F 41-24478 while serving as Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

369th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-24478

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 23

Date: 23 November 1942
Official Description:

Places

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Piriac-sur-Mer, France	23 November 1942	Unable to exit the aircraft and died when it crashed.
Buried	La Baule-Escoublac, France		Originally buried by the Germans in the English Cemetery at Escoublac, France. After the war his remains were moved to the Brittany American Cemetery at St. James, France. However, the American Battle Monuments Commission has no record that his remains are still in that cemetery. It is most probable that his remains were repatriated to the United States after the war.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Piriac-sur-Mer, France

23 November 1942

Unable to exit the aircraft and died when it crashed.

Buried

La Baule-Escoublac, France

Originally buried by the Germans in the English Cemetery at Escoublac, France. After the war his remains were moved to the Brittany American Cemetery at St. James, France. However, the American Battle Monuments Commission has no record that his remains are still in that cemetery. It is most probable that his remains were repatriated to the United States after the war.

Revisions

Date2 Dec 2014 19:06:43

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 15892; edited Burial information per : "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.

Date7 Nov 2014 20:32:17

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. MACR 15392; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.