John Ripley Buchanan, Jr was the son of John Ripley Buchanan and Ruth Wharton Lester. 2Lt Buchanan was piloting a P-47 for the 367th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, over Germany when he was shot down. Listed as MIA, he was later declared KIA.
358 FG / 367 FS
2LT BUCHANAN, JOHN R. JR
From Washington, D.C.
KIA 16-12-1944 as pilot of P-47D / #44-20469 / CP-? / MACR 10751. Took off from Toul, France, on an armed recce sortie in the Heidelberg area, Germany. Shot down by 6 Me-109's after the bomb run on a marshaling yard the P-47 crashed near Hayna, 6 miles south-east of Landau. Germany. KIA.
358 FG / 367 FS
2LT BUCHANAN, JOHN R. JR
From Washington, D.C.
KIA 16-12-1944 as pilot of P-47D / #44-20469 / CP-? / MACR 10751. Took off from Toul, France, on an armed recce sortie in the Heidelberg area, Germany. Shot down by 6 Me-109's after the bomb run on a marshaling yard the P-47 crashed near Hayna, 6 miles south-east of Landau. Germany. KIA.
John Ripley Buchanan, Jr was the son of John Ripley Buchanan and Ruth Wharton Lester. 2Lt Buchanan was piloting a P-47 for the 367th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, over Germany when he was shot down. Listed as MIA, he was later declared KIA.
358 FG / 367 FS
2LT BUCHANAN, JOHN R. JR
From Washington, D.C.
KIA 16-12-1944 as pilot of P-47D / #44-20469 / CP-? / MACR 10751. Took off from Toul, France, on an armed recce sortie in the Heidelberg area, Germany. Shot down by 6 Me-109's after the bomb run on a marshaling yard the P-47 crashed near Hayna, 6 miles south-east of Landau. Germany. KIA.
358 FG / 367 FS
2LT BUCHANAN, JOHN R. JR
From Washington, D.C.
KIA 16-12-1944 as pilot of P-47D / #44-20469 / CP-? / MACR 10751. Took off from Toul, France, on an armed recce sortie in the Heidelberg area, Germany. Shot down by 6 Me-109's after the bomb run on a marshaling yard the P-47 crashed near Hayna, 6 miles south-east of Landau. Germany. KIA.
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