Sebastian Bucheri

Military
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear, three men kneeling in front, and two men standing at the side. UPL 66001 UPL 66001 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 26 July 1943*
FRONT L-R: SGT John R Kelly (RO), SGT Sebastian Bucheri (WG), SGT James Traylor (BT), LT Walter Harvey (Obs./TG - Asst. 544th Ops Ofcr), CAPT William Gilmore (Air Commander and Pilot - 544th CO).
BACK L-R: SGT John Blauer (WG), SGT John Kilcourse (TT), LT Charles Everson (N), LT Robert Kennedy (B), LT Jesse Hausenfluck (P).
*Abortive mission: 384th Air Commander was unable to resolve difficulties of formation recognition during prolonged assembly process, and elected to return to base rather than commit his force to follow an unidentified combat wing to an unknown target.

Photo Courtesy of James Traylor.  https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/21763/category/LeadCrews

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Object Number - UPL 66001 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 26 July 1943* FRONT L-R: SGT John R Kelly (RO), SGT Sebastian Bucheri (WG), SGT James Traylor (BT), LT Walter Harvey...

Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29956 'Vertical Shaft', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29956

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Vertical Shaft
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

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Prisoner of War (POW)

17 August 1943 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Corrected spelling of surname per MACR 296 at fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/29419921

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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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 296 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear, three men kneeling in front, and two men standing at the side.

Object number: UPL 66001 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 26 July 1943* FRONT...