William Michael Bucher

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-380320.jpg FRE 1515 The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50452) nicknamed "Earthquake McGoon"of the 389th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1515 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50452) nicknamed "Earthquake McGoon"of the 389th Bomb Group.

Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal mid-air collision with B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, 21-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA)

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

Connections

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Units served with

389th Bomb Group

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

566th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Alfred V Brooks

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-?
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50452

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Earthquake McGoon
Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

Missions

720

Date: 21 November 1944

Places

Hethel

Site type: Airfield

UPL 29770

Media Type: Video
Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
Object Number: UPL 29770
Description: Video and photographs of four memorials in Eastern England to seven lost planes.

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Millwaukee, WI	4 January 1925	Son of Sophie Bucher.
Enlisted	Pittsburgh, PA	5 June 1943	Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Enlistment Date: 5 Jun 1943
Died	Carleton Rode, Norfolk	21 November 1944	Fatal mid-air collision with B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, 21-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA)
Buried/ Commemorated		22 November 1944	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot: Plot D Row 1 Grave 62
Based	Hethel	21 November 1944	Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.
Born	Allegheny County, PA