Fred L Buckner

Military
media-20311.jpeg UPL 20311 2LT Fred Buckner
Co-Pilot
Walter Mangerich Crew
458th BG - 732nd BS

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Object Number - UPL 20311 - 2LT Fred Buckner Co-Pilot Walter Mangerich Crew 458th BG - 732nd BS

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #41-28667 'Jayhawker'. Crashed in Sweden. Interned (INT).

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747292
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jayhawker
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

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Interned (INT)

Malmö, Sweden 9 April 1944

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3835 / MACR 3835 & Page 273 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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