Kenneth Lightner Buzza
Military
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UPL 48460
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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
- 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: 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: Airfield
- 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 |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10412