James A Bussey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21264.jpeg UPL 21264 James A Bussey - Bussey, 364th FG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21264 - James A Bussey - Bussey, 364th FG, KIA

Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached to 1st Scout Force. 57 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Brunswick in P-51D 44-14653 'Blood and Soda'. Hit by flak strafing train, crashed near Rodewald. KIA (KIA). MACR 12504.



Awards: AM(5OLC), EAME(2 x bronze stars), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bussey, Iowa 28 March 1923 Son of Jesse Raymond and Mary E [Eveland] Bussey.

Enlisted

6 November 1942

Based

Honington 14 August 1944 - 19 February 1945 Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Detached service

Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1QZ, UK 30 September 1944 - 1 October 1944 Detached service with 1st Scout Force.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

31637 Rodewald, Germany 19 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Brunswick in P-51D 44-14653 'Blood and Soda'. Hit by flak strafing train, crashed near Rodewald. KIA (KIA). MACR 12504.

Buried

31637 Rodewald, Germany 20 February 1945 Interred Rodewald community cemetery Germany

Buried

Bussey, IA 50044, USA Re-Interred Greenlawn Cemetery Bussey Marion County Iowa, USA

Other

Promotion

Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1QZ, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Pilot training

Kelly, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA Pre-flight training, San Antonio Army A.F.P.S. Class 43.

Other

Pilot training

Strother Field Wastewater, Winfield, KS 67156, USA Basic flight training, Strother Air Field, Winfield, Kansas. Class 43.

Other

Pilot training

Foster Field Dr, Victoria, TX, USA Advanced flight training, Foster Field, Victoria, Texas. Class 43.

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12504 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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