Ernest C Bugaj

Military

Damaged by fighters and landed in Sweden on 6/20/44 in B-24 Silver Witch #4440136 INT

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40136

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Silver Witch
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Old Forge, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Baltic Sea 20 June 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7076 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database