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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "B"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Robert V. Brulle
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He joined the 390th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force when the group was
stationed at strip A-l off Omaha beach just in
time to participate in the Normandy beach-
head breakout battle that let General Patton,
sweep across France. The group provided
front line support to the 1st, 3rd and 9th
armies as they slogged their way across
France and Belgium into Germany.
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John De Brum
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Went to
flying School Bishop, Calif. to get commercial pilot's license certificate #390850 July 1943. Went to work for Army Air Force
Western Flying Training Command 8th
A.A.F.T.B. Sequoia Field Visalia, Calif., as a
primary flight instructor, in Ryan's, PT-22
and Stearman's PT-17. Applied and went to
Air Transport Command. Graduated Pilots
Class 44-B Douglas, Arizona, F/0 Service
Pilot, assigned to 556th A.A.F. Base Unit
6th Ferry Division Air Transport Command
Long Beach, Calif. Army Air Base. Sent to
Greenwood, Mississippi 590th A.A.F. Base
Pursuit School, checked out in the following
AT-6 - P-40 - P-63 - P-51 - P-47,
during my Ferrying Mission accumulated
120 hours in the P-47, also checked out in the
B-25 and AT-9.
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John P. Bryant
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I had flown before World War II, made my solo
flight in Jacksonville, Florida in 1940, Lawrey
Younge,lnstructor (Com'l License #77).
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Wiiliam S. Buchanan, JR.,
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Went on to flying school in the south.
east just before Dec. 7th.
I flew 102 missions in Africa and Italy in P-40
Warhawk. and came home to fly test pilot at Millville, NJ.
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John H. Buckner
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Upon graduation
from the Military Academy in January, 1943
he was commissioned and returned
to Spence Field for further P-39 and P-40
training until moved to the 323rd Fighter
Squadron at Richmond AAB for checkout in
the P-47.
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Gerald D. Bullock
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The following is part of accident report, he was killed in 430115 in a P-47C at Dale Mabry Field, FL
Crashed about 3 miles NW of field
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James Frederick Bultman
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Graduated from East High School
in June 1942. Enlisted April 1943 and
graduated from flying school at Spence
Field, Moultrie, Georgia, class of 44F.
Flew P-47 at Camp Springs, Maryland
(now Andrews AFB) with gunnery at Millville,
New Jersey. Joined the 413th Fighter
Squadron, 414th Fighter Group at Selfridge
AFB, Michigan. Completed training at
Bluethenthal AFB, Wilmington,North Carolina
and Sent overseas in June 1945.
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Robert Edwin Bunde
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Robert Edwin Bunde was a P-47 Pilot with the 12th. AAF, 324th. FG. 315th FS, known as the "Crusaders". He flew 97 combat missions in the P-47
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Robert Goodwin Burns
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Flying 183 combat sorties, 'Win' left Germany
shortly after VE-Day. Between tours he
served with CC'B', 2nd Armrd. Div. in the
Siegfried Line and crossed the Rhine with
2nd Batt., 312th Rgmt., 79th Infty. Div.
Awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying
Cross
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Alfred L. Burrell
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ALFRED L. BURRELL is from
Ypsilanti, Michigan. He was with the 20th
Air Force, 413rd Fighter Group, 34th Fighter
Squadron in the Pacific Theater
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