Sebastiano Joseph Peluso
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
• 2Lt. John Oliver Buslee, Pilot, from Park Ridge, Illinois
• 2Lt. David Franklin Albrecht, Co-Pilot, from Chico, California
• 2Lt. Chester A. Rybarczyk, Navigator, from Toledo, Ohio
• 2Lt. James B. Davis, Bombardier, from New Castle, Indiana
Front row, left to right:
• Sgt. Erwin V. Foster, Ball Turret Gunner, from Elmira, New York
• Sgt. Sebastiano Joseph Peluso, Radio Operator/Gunner, from Brooklyn, New York
• Cpl. Lenard Leroy Bryant, Waist Gunner, from Lubbock, Texas
• Sgt. Clarence B. Seeley, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, from Halsey, Nebraska
• S/Sgt. Eugene D. Lucynski, Tail Gunner, from Detroit, Michigan
• Sgt. George Edwin Farrar, Waist Gunner, from Atlanta, Georgia,
Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH
Object Number - UPL 37847 - 1Lt John Oliver Buslee crew 384th Bomb Group, Back row, left to right: • 2Lt. John Oliver Buslee, Pilot, from Park Ridge, Illinois • 2Lt....
Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF on 22 July 1944. 15 x 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: AM (OLC), 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: 37479451
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-764209
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36264852 / T-61425 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 8 July 1924 | Son of Antonetta Peluso. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 4 November 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 22 July 1944 - 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promoted |
9 September 1944 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #180 dated 9 September 1944. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
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) MACR 5793 |
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Buried |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 29 September 1944 | Interred Ostingersleben cemetery |
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Buried |
Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY | Re-Interred Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York |
Revisions
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
