Bernie P Buser

Military
media-17169.jpeg UPL 17169 B-24H, 42-51099, Belle's Crew - #584. Lt. Henry N. Thorsen - 466th Bomb Group - 785th Bomb Squadron. Code: 2U-G.
Standing : Left to Right : Pilot Henry N. Thorsen, Copilot James R. Riggs, Navigator Charles Hamrick, Radio Operator Robert Robertson.
Kneeling : Left to Right: Nose Gunner Donald Proventure, Flight Engineer Bernie Buser, Waist Gunner Victor Rapp, Waist Gunner Fred Venables, Tail Gunner George Baker.

This crew completed 22 combat missions before hostilities ended: 25 February 1945 - 25 April 1945 466th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 17169 - B-24H, 42-51099, Belle's Crew - #584. Lt. Henry N. Thorsen - 466th Bomb Group - 785th Bomb Squadron. Code: 2U-G. ...

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-829588
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Belle
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Super Chief
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baileyville, KS 66404, USA 19 May 1923

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI, USA 14 December 1942

Died

Saukville, WI, USA 2 August 2006

Buried

Port Washington, WI, USA 5 August 2006 Saint Marys Cemetery Port Washington Ozaukee County Wisconsin, USA

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 343

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