Everett Merle Bushendorf
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97073. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5311.
Awards: AM, PH
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802408
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Elk Mound, WI 54739, USA | 14 March 1914 | |
|
Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 10 September 1942 | |
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Other Killed in action |
Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97073. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5311. |
|
Based |
Deenethorpe | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Elk Mound, WI 54739, USA | Evergreen Cemetery Elk Mound Dunn County WI | |
| Menomonie, WI 54751, USA |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19069495/everett-m-bushendorf
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 5311 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5311, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=887