John Paul Buchanan

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21081.jpeg UPL 21081 John P Buchanan
High School, Junior year photograph.

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Object Number - UPL 21081 - John P Buchanan High School, Junior year photograph.

John Buchanan was killed on 9 December 1943 in a take-off crash from Bovingdon, UK, where the 1st Combat Crew Replacement Center were based. He was beginning a weather reconnaissance flight in B-17 #42-37744. All 10 on board were killed, including two Meteorological Officers from the RAF.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Indiana 11 November 1919

Enlisted

Harrison, IN 47885, USA 15 October 1941 At Fort Benjamin

Died

9 December 1943

Buried

Franklin, IN, USA Greenlawn Cemetery Plot: Section M

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Brought in information from a duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The 25th BG (Rcn) by Norman Malaney

Also:
NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Findagrave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20796891

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 411

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