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Frank W. Buschmeier
"We became known as the 'Bloody Hundred' because of our big
losses..." |
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Name: Frank W. Buschmeier
Date of Birth: 2/28/23
Branch of Service: Army Air Corps
Dates of Service: January, 1943 to October, 1945
Location of Military Service: England |
Mr. Buschmeier served as a Staff Sergeant during World War
II. He went to St. Petersburg, Florida for his basic training and
then to Lowry Field in Buckley, Colorado for bomb training. From
there he went to gunnery school in Las Vegas, Nevada where he had the
highest score of any gunner who had gone through there. He ended up
at
Thorpe Abbotts base in England. He was with the 100th Bomb
Group, which became known as the "Bloody 100" because of their heavy
casualties. He flew in a
B17 plane and was shot down on his 34th
mission. It was during the
Merseburg Mission over Germany and he was captured by ground
forces
and taken to a German hospital. From there he went to a prison camp. |
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