John Paul Buchanan
Military ROLL OF HONOURHigh School, Junior year photograph.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Unit
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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
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
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