Ray E Buckminster
MilitaryShot down 23-November-1942 in B-17F 41-24478 while serving as Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
![Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395055.jpg?itok=Fcx5fW4h)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group that has crash landed.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-407852.jpg?itok=wMKGAusP)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg?itok=zmglI2BR)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Piriac-sur-Mer, France | 23 November 1942 | Unable to exit the aircraft and died when it crashed. |
Buried |
La Baule-Escoublac, France | Originally buried by the Germans in the English Cemetery at Escoublac, France. After the war his remains were moved to the Brittany American Cemetery at St. James, France. However, the American Battle Monuments Commission has no record that his remains are still in that cemetery. It is most probable that his remains were repatriated to the United States after the war. |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 15892; edited Burial information per : "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. MACR 15392; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.