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September 8, 1944 – 384th BG Mission 189

September 8, 1944 – 384th BG Mission 189

The 384th Bomb Group Mission 189 was also known as Eighth Air Force Mission 611.

The Buslee crew flew this mission aboard aircraft 42-97320, name unknown.

The primary target was again the chemical works industry in Ludwigshaven, Germany.

Crew List:

  • Pilot – John Oliver Buslee
  • Co-Pilot – David Franklin Albrecht
  • Navigator – Chester A. Rybarczyk
  • Bombardier – James B. Davis
  • Radio Operator/Gunner – Sebastiano Joseph Peluso
  • Engineer/Top Turret Gunner – Lenard Leroy Bryant
  • Ball Turret Gunner – Irving L. Miller
  • Tail Gunner – Eugene D. Lucynski
  • Waist Gunner – George Edwin Farrar (my dad)

The regular Buslee crew without Erwin Foster.  Irving L. Miller again replaced Foster as Ball Turret Gunner on this flight.

Source:  Sortie Report

© Cindy Farrar Bryan and The Arrowhead Club, 2013


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