Joseph Sidney Busenbark
MilitaryAssigned to 396FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Trier, Germany. Having shot down 1 x Fw190 engine started running roughly missing badly, set course for home crash landed near Lissendorf, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11428.
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 368th Fighter Group 396th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cochise, AZ 85606, USA | 21 August 1917 | Son of Andrew Joseph and Annie C [Adams] Busenbark. |
Died Engine failed / crash landed |
Lissendorf, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Trier, Germany. Having shot down 1 x Fw190 engine started running roughly missing badly, set course for home crash landed near Lissendorf, Germany. KIA. MACR 11428. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Lissendorf, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Fw190 destroyed Lissendorf 23-Dec-44. |
Pearce, AZ 85610, USA | |||
Based |
Chilbolton | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 396FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten Netherlands |
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