Oral History Interview with Donald Buck, August 31, 2012
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Donald Buck. Buck joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 and was assigned to a B-24 crew as a nose turret gunner. He flew his first mission with the 376th Bomb Group, 514th Bomb Squadron, in the fall of 1944 while stationed in San Pancrazio. On 7 February 1945 his plane was hit hard over Vienna after bombing an oil refinery. The pilot made a crash landing in a corn field in Yugoslavia, where Tito’s Partisans looked after them fo…
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Date:
August 31, 2012
Creator:
Buck, Donald
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation