Wilton B Buller

Military

On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Paul D Pastovich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684406
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29354

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Lafayette, LA, USA 11 February 1943

Died

Atlantic Ocean 14 February 1944 A/C went missing on the Brazil to Dakar, Senegal leg of the southern route to their base in England.

Buried

Tablets of The Missing
Evangeline, LA 70537, USA

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466th BG HIstorian

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces