Joseph Neill Buie
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 53689 - 1st Lt Joseph N Buie, 20FG
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 552FS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Crashed on landing at RAF Warboys on a combat mission to Germany on 3 Mar 1944 in P-38J 42-67889 'Sharks teeth on Nacelles'. RTD.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Berlin Express
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Strictly Stella's Baby
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Robeson County, NC, USA | 6 October 1919 | Son of James Douglas and Lena [Brown] Buie. |
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Enlisted |
Lumberton, NC, USA | 16 September 1940 | Lumberton, North Carolina |
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Based |
Wittering | 8 December 1943 - 21 August 1944 | Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Crashed |
Warboys, UK | 3 March 1944 | Landing Accident Warboys Cat 4 damage Lt Joseph N Buie, 3-Mar-44. P-38J 42-67889 - 55FS 20FG 8AF |
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Other Promotion |
Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 4 April 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Crashed |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK | 12 July 1944 | Take Off Accident King's Cliffe/Sta 367 Cat 5 damage Lt Joseph N Buie, 12-Jul-44. P-51C 42-103309 - 55FS 20FG 8AF. |
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Based |
Goxhill | 21 August 1944 | Transferred to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Crashed |
Peplow, Market Drayton TF9, UK | 3 November 1944 | Forced Landing due to Engine Failure RAF Airdrome Peplow, Salop. Cat 4 Lt Joseph N Buie, 3-Nov-44. P-38J 42-68037 - 552FS 495FG 8AF |
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Died |
25 February 1980 | ||
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Buried |
Alloway Cemetery Red Springs, Robeson County, NC | 28 February 1980 | Alloway Cemetery Red Springs, Robeson County, North Carolina |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | ||
| Red Springs, NC 28377, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces;
- King's Cliffe Memorial Edition
