Herman William BUCK

 

BUCK Herman W 1
NUMBER OF SERVICE12143946 
AGE24 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1920 
ETAT Queens NEW YORK
FAMILY

 Single

RANK Staff Sergeant
FONCTIONGunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT Clerks, general officeNY
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 19 September1942 New York City NEW YORK 
 SQUADRON836th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP487th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH2 July 1944BUCK Herman W tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHSiracourt Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise,  PAS-DE-CALAIS
DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type H-15-FO - s/n 42-52609 2G*? Carré-P "Murph's Mighty Mob"

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Macr: 6770

Mission: Siracourt

Takeoff Station 137 Lavenham, Suffolk

Shots by flak - Airplane in flames partially evacuated at 14:07 to 7,000 feet

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A1539
DECORATION

Air Medal + OLC

World War II Victory Medal 

am olc

victory medal

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STORY
 BUCK Herman W 

 

Crew of  B-24 Liberator - type H-15-FO - s/n 42-52609 2G*? Carré-P

"Murph's Mighty Mob"

2nd Lieutenant James A LOGAN Pilot Dead Veterans Cem. Somerville, MASSACHUSETTS O-690319 - 23 yo -  Somerville, MASSACHUSETTS
2nd Lieutenant Bruno  MATIKA CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-758713 - AM+1/PH - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
2nd Lieutenant Harry LeRoy DORAN Navigator Prisoner- Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12  O-703964 - Born the 18/06/1922 - Nyack, NEW YORK 
S/Sergeant William T.  JOHNSON Radio/Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  32783290 - AM+1/PH - Tottenville 7, Staten Island, NEW YORK - Would have evacuated and died on the ground
T/Sergeant George Hubert GREER Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner- Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow  11131195 - Jamaica Plain, MASSACHUSETTS - Hospitalized in Lille-Calmette
S/Sergeant Max W.  WILSON Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  18036098 - AM+1/PH - Clarendon, TEXAS
S/Sergeant Herman William  BUCK Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  12143946 - AM+1 - Woodhaven, NEW YORK
S/Sergeant Louis PELLIZZER Gunner Dead Jefferson Barracks Nat Cem. - Saint Louis, MISSOURI 39836172 - San Mateo, CALIFORNIA
Sergeant John Finlay ROSS Bomber Prisoner- Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow  32311844 - Savannah, GEORGIA 

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Logan Crew - 836th Squadron

Back row L to R: 2nd Lt James A. Logan (pilot), 2nd Lt Bruno Matika (co-pilot), Larry D. Weeks (bombardier), 2nd Lt Harry L. Doran (navigator)
Front row L to R: S/Sgt William T. Johnson (radio operator), unknown, S/Sgt Louis Pellizzer (gunner), S/Sgt Max W. Wilson (gunner), T/Sgt George H. Greer (flight engineer)
(Photo provided by Harry Doran, Pellizzer identified by his grand niece Elizabeth Pinotti)

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO 487thbg.org

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov - Facebook.com - Aad.archives.gov - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Findagrave.com  Paul WEBBER
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