John A Buskirk
Military
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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
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
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- 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 |