Joseph Sidney Busenbark

Military
media-26062.jpeg UPL 26062 2nd Lt Joseph S Busenbark 396FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF.

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Object Number - UPL 26062 - 2nd Lt Joseph S Busenbark 396FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF.

Assigned to 396FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Trier, Germany. Having shot down 1 x Fw190 engine started running roughly missing badly, set course for home crash landed near Lissendorf, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11428.



Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-76482

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 368th Fighter Group 396th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cochise, AZ 85606, USA 21 August 1917 Son of Andrew Joseph and Annie C [Adams] Busenbark.

Died

Engine failed / crash landed

Lissendorf, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Trier, Germany. Having shot down 1 x Fw190 engine started running roughly missing badly, set course for home crash landed near Lissendorf, Germany. KIA. MACR 11428.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Lissendorf, Germany 23 December 1944 Fw190 destroyed Lissendorf 23-Dec-44.
Pearce, AZ 85610, USA

Based

Chilbolton 23 December 1944 Assigned to 396FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten Netherlands

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Object number: UPL 26062 - 2nd Lt Joseph S Busenbark 396FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF.