Rudolph Stanley Buczak

Military

Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Survived ditching in B-17G 42-38063 'GI Virgin'.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert L Kaufman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-38063

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: G I Virgin
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 748th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group ('B', serial number 43-37765) at Glatton airfield. Handwritten caption on reverse: '748.'

43-37765

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Donna J II aka The Duchess
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.

519

  • Date: 5 August 1944

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minneapolis, MN, USA 10 November 1919

Enlisted

Minneapolis, MN, USA 9 February 1942

Other

Discharged USAAF

5 June 1946

Died

Hennepin County, MN, USA 27 October 2008

Buried

Minneapolis, MN 55450, USA Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Hennepin County, MN

Based

Glatton Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/page/529130133-rudolph-buczak-1919/facts
https://www.fold3.com/image/617382904?terms=Rudolph%20S%20Buczak
https://www.fold3.com/record/529130133-rudolph-buczak-1919
http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Narratives/MA76.html
http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Narratives/MA103.HTML
http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Narratives/MA97.HTML
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65729239/rudolph-s-buczak

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia