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September 5, 1944 – 384th BG Mission 188
Lead Banana, 43-37822
September 5, 1944 – 384th BG Mission 188
The 384th Bomb Group Mission 188 was also known as Eighth Air Force Mission 605.
The Buslee crew flew this mission aboard aircraft 43-37822, Lead Banana.
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. Navigator Chester Rybarczyk was back after being absent from the crew since his last flight with them on August 12.
Irving L. Miller again replaced Foster as Ball Turret Gunner on this flight.
Source: Sortie Report and Photo
© Cindy Farrar Bryan and The Arrowhead Club, 2013
September 3, 1944 – 384th BG Mission 187
Pleasure Bent, 43-38062
September 3, 1944 – 384th BG Mission 187
The 384th Bomb Group Mission 187 was also known as Eighth Air Force Mission 602.
The Buslee crew flew this mission aboard aircraft 43-38062, Pleasure Bent.
The primary target was the chemical works industry in Ludwigshaven, Germany.
Crew List:
- Pilot – John Oliver Buslee
- Co-Pilot – David Franklin Albrecht
- Navigator – William Alvin Henson II
- 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)
Waist Gunner George Edwin Farrar celebrated his 23rd birthday today, September 3, 1944.
The regular Buslee crew without Chester Rybarczyk and Erwin Foster.
William Alvin Henson II replaced Rybarczyk as Navigator on this flight, his first of three flights with the Buslee crew.
Irving L. Miller replaced Foster as Ball Turret Gunner on this flight, his first of five flights with the Buslee crew.
Source: Sortie Report and Photo
© Cindy Farrar Bryan and The Arrowhead Club, 2013
August 24, 1944 – 384th BG Mission 183
Fightin’ Hebe, 42-98000
August 24, 1944 – 384th BG Mission 183
The 384th Bomb Group Mission 183 was also known as Eighth Air Force Mission 568.
The Buslee crew flew this mission aboard aircraft 42-98000, Fightin’ Hebe.
The primary target was the oil industry in Merseburg, Germany.
Crew List:
- Pilot – John Oliver Buslee
- Co-Pilot – David Franklin Albrecht
- Navigator – Leonard Galloway (NMI)
- Bombardier – James B. Davis
- Radio Operator/Gunner – Sebastiano Joseph Peluso
- Engineer/Top Turret Gunner – Lenard Leroy Bryant
- Ball Turret Gunner – Erwin V. Foster
- Tail Gunner – Eugene D. Lucynski
- Waist Gunner – George Edwin Farrar (my dad)
After a twelve-day break, the Buslee crew again flew together with the same crew members with the exception of Navigator Chester Rybarczyk. Rybarczyk did not fly this mission and was replaced by Leonard Galloway (NMI). This was Galloway’s 27th and last mission with the 384th. He completed his tour and returned home.
Source: Sortie Report and Photo
© Cindy Farrar Bryan and The Arrowhead Club, 2013
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