Elton William Buddemeyer
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Kopf crew. 4 x combat missions. Shot down 14-Oct-43 in B-17 #42-3216 'The Joker', A/C crashed Dilsen, Belgium Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 841
Awards: PH.
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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 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17029122 / O-800900
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Owensville, Crawford County, MO | 10 July 1920 | Son of Walter Conrad and Gladys [Hunter] Buddemeyer. |
Died |
Dilsen, Belgium | 14 October 1943 | Shot down 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-3216 'The Joker', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 841 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Grafton Underwood | 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot C Row 31 Grave 13 |
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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 AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 327
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 841 / MACR 841, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database