John Oliver Buslee
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 40108 - John Oliver Buslee, appears to be wearing Flight Officers 'pickle' bars.
Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg in B-17 43-37822 'Lead Banana' 28-Sep-44; Collided with 42-31222 'Lazy Daisy' coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5793
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15125471 / O-767423
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37479451
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38344446
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14119873
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32588280
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Grafton Underwood | 22 July 1944 - 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Died |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg 28-Sep-44; Collided with B-17 coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Killed in Action (KIA) |
|
Buried |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 29 September 1944 | Interred Ostingersleben cemetery |
|
Buried |
Saint Joseph Cemetery River Grove, Cook County, IL | 3 February 1949 | Re-Interred Saint Joseph Cemetery River Grove, Cook County, Illinois |
|
Born |
Park Ridge, Illinois, USA | Son of John and Olga [Gruenfeld] Buslee. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/38220466
https://www.fold3.com/image/94194109?rec=94194200
https://www.fold3.com/image/38220466?terms=43-37822
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762539?rec=299323624
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=453573
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=572
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83133780/john-o-buslee
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9753 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
