George Edwin Farrar
Military
• 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,
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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. 16 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. Thrown from A/C unconscious, came to and pulled his chute release. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5793
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA | 3 September 0191 | Son of Carroll J and Raleigh May [George] Farrar. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 4 June 1942 | Fort McPherson Atlanta Georgia |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 28 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Ostingersleben, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgburg in 28-Sep-44; Collided with B-17 coming off target, crashed near Ost Ingersleben. Thrown from A/C unconscious. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5793 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
10 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
5 November 1982 | ||
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Buried |
Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Tucker, DeKalb County, GA | 10 November 1982 | Floral Hills Memory Gardens Tucker, DeKalb County, GA |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “from” was misspelled.
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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
