John A Buskirk
Military
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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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hutchinson, Kansas | 22 May 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, California | 27 March 1942 | |
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Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Plattling, Germany | 26 April 1944 | Flew 36 combat missions |
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Haguenau, France | 17 November 1944 | |
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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. |
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Other Discharged from Active Duty |
Fort Bliss, Texas | 8 December 1945 | |
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Died |
Corrales, New Mexico | 21 December 2001 | |
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Buried |
Deming, New Mexico | 24 December 2001 | Mountain View Cemetery Deming, Luna County, New Mexico, USA |
