Clarence Burdell Seeley
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. John Buslee crew member. Wounded in Action by flak aboard 'Tremblin Gremlin' 5-8-44. Hospitalised for 2 months. 34 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (5OLC), PH (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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: 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: 5 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lincoln, Nebraska | 12 December 1921 | Son of Ferris and Esther M [Rasmussen] Seeley. |
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Based RE? |
Grafton Underwood | 22 July 1944 - 26 March 1945 | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #144 dated 22 July 1944, effective 22 July 1944. |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Merna, Custer County, NE | 18 March 1980 | Kilfoil Cemetery Merna, Custer County, Nebraska, USA |
Revisions
AAIR 45-01-01-524 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
