John A Buskirk

Military
media-48587.jpeg UPL 48587 1LT Lawrence W. Edstrom, 1LT Gentry Milhorn, 1LT John A. Buskirk
Pilot
416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
Photograph was taken at a restaurant in New Orleans in August 1945
as they transited to the west coast for their next assignment or release from service

Object Number - UPL 48587 - 1LT Lawrence W. Edstrom, 1LT Gentry Milhorn, 1LT John A. Buskirk Pilot 416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF Photograph was taken at a restaurant in New...

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Baby Alan
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Disagreable 4
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Jiggs
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Dinah Might
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Nicknames: Reida Rae
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hutchinson, Kansas 22 May 1922

Enlisted

Los Angeles, California 27 March 1942

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Plattling, Germany 26 April 1944 Flew 36 combat missions

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Haguenau, France 17 November 1944

Other

Crash Landed

Laon/Athies Airfield, France 23 December 1944 Lt. Buskirk, flying an A-20 Havoc, had to drop out of the formation on the return trip with one propeller feathered when the engine failed. He made a crash-landing at A-69 near Reims, and the plane was washed out. He and his two gunners were uninjured. His Bombardier-Navigator, Lt. R.C. Hanna, suffered a sprained back.

Other

Discharged from Active Duty

Fort Bliss, Texas 8 December 1945

Died

Corrales, New Mexico 21 December 2001

Buried

Deming, New Mexico 24 December 2001 Mountain View Cemetery Deming, Luna County, New Mexico, USA

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