Johnie L Buford
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW). B-17 42-29709 'Yo' Brother'piloted by Lt. Joseph Nunes collided with another plane near target area. Tail section was torn off so Buford had to bail out near Rennes, FR.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yo' Brother
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
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Sources
Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 500 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia