Serviceman
Russell W Burney
Play his story on the map built from his record
- Army serial number
- 39276287
- Rank
- SGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (6 July 1944), Sgt. (15 July 1944), s/Sgt (18 July 1944), S/Sgt (5 September 1944)
- Hometown
- SAN DIEGO CA; San Diego CA; San Diego, CA
- Also written
- Russell Burney
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 176
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Crews
- Warren Owens Crew · 840th
Missions placed on him
- mission 50, 15 July 1944 · Ploesti · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report
A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal | 1048 | SGT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 1605 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Aboard a lost aircraft
- MACR 6826 · 42-97653 · 15 July 1944 · mission 50, 15 July 1944
Morning reports
2 entries, first 18 July 1944, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, s/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-07-18 840th: Above 8 0 & 11 EM fr dy to MIA as of 15 Jul 44, are dropped fr the rolls this date.
- 1944-09-05 840th: Above 0 & EM reld of dy & trfe to Repl Depot #7, per Par 2, Subject Orders, Hq 15th AF, APO 520, 1 Sept We.
National Archives pages: roll 481433713 p. 503, roll 570165454 p. 2618
Death notice
Listed in the Association's TAPS column, newsletter 201706, page 2: 1-31-17, reported by Guy Venier.
Photographs naming him
- Newsletter 201706, page 2 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
- Newsletter 201706, page 2 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
- Newsletter 201806, page 3 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
These pictures stay on the sites that hold them and are shown here by link only, until their owners say they may be copied.
Statements, mentions and histories
Members Not Previously Reported in Newsletter Name Squad Date Reported By BOWLES, FLOYD S 815 1-16-17 GUY VENIER (OBIT) BURNEY, RUSSELL W 840 1-31-17 GUY VENIER (OBIT) EICHENBERG, RICHARD K 840 5-12-16 GUY VENIER (OBIT) GARBERA, THEODORE 816 3-2-17 GUY VENIER (OBIT) JOHN, GEORGE J 815 1-25-17 G
his very interesting museum in the Balkens and then returned to our base. On this with the focus on how pigeons mission Russell Burney, who took my position in supported the Allies in WWII. right waist gun was knocked down by a 20 MM shell Communications improved that a German fighter threw in
- 12 more statements from MACR 6826 are on the loss record.
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