World War II Honoree

Wayne H. Buhrmann

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Princeton, Nebraska

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 0-719833. NAVIGATOR WITH THE 389TH BOMB GROUP, 566TH BOMB SQUADRON, OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE, BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS AIRCRAFT, THE B-24J, SERIAL NUMBER 44-10579, 'PUGNACIOUS PRINCESS PAT,' RECEIVED TWO DIRECT FLAK HITS ON THE BOMB RUN TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY. ONE WING AND PART OF THE TAIL PIECE BROKE OFF. BOTH WAIST GUNNERS AND THE PILOT COULD BAIL OUT WHILE THE HONOREE WAS BLOWN CLEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THESE FOUR WERE TAKEN PRISONER. THE SIX OTHERS LOST THEIR LIVES. THEIR BOMBER CRASHED NEAR ALTWARMBÜCHEN IN GERMANY.