Kenneth Lightner Buzza

Military
media-48460.jpeg UPL 48460 https://www.398th.org/Images/Images_Crews/Text/Flight/Buzza_603_19440909.html

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Object Number - UPL 48460 - https://www.398th.org/Images/Images_Crews/Text/Flight/Buzza_603_19440909.html

Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 21-Nov-44 in B-17 44-8348. Shot down. Prisoner of War (POW)

 

Awards: AM, POW, PH, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-823285
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11099683 / O-764011
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nutty Huzzy
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 21 November 1944

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Coraopolis Pennsylvania 15 May 1921 Born Coraopolis Pennsylvania

Enlisted

Miami ,Florida 19 October 1942 Enlisted Miami, Florida

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of war (POW)

Stalag Luft III, Zagan Poland 21 November 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of war (POW) Stalag Luft III

Other

Discharged

28 February 1962

Died

24 September 1975

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10412

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