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Assigned to 356FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Trier area with 2Lt William H Bush; shot down by flak strafing a road convoy, crashed Prum, Germany 25-Dec-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11424



Capt Francis P Mc Intire witnessed:



"Lt Bush was flying as Red 3 on an armed reconnaissance in the Trier area on 25th December. We spotted a large M/T convoy in the middle of the town of Prum and Lt Bush and I went down to strafe it. There was intense 20mm flak in the area. When I pulled up off the target, I looked for Lt Bush but could not find him. I went back to Prum and saw his ship burning on the top of a hill just south of the town. I believe it was impossible for Lt Bush to have gotten out of the crash."

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15113843 / O-708645
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Crashed

Prum, Germany 25 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Trier area; shot down by flak strafing a road convoy, crashed Prum, Germany 25-Dec-44 Lt Bush KIA MACR 11424

Assigned

Failed to Return (FTR)

Rosieres, France 25 December 1944

Manufactured

Farmingdale, Long Island, NY Built at Republic.

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Sources

MACR 11424 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database