The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Buddy J. Karnes

815th

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Army serial number
38566005
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 204
Sources
heroes-book, macr-crew

Crews

Aboard a lost aircraft

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 51: KARNES, Buddy J · 27 December 1944
AFPPA-1,
File + 10645
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member:
KARNES, Buddy J.
Rank:
Sgt.
Serial number:
38566005
Position: Crew (Bomber)
AAG
Did he bail out?
No
Where?
If not, why not?
Don't KNOW
Last contact or conversation just prior to'or at time of loss of plane
No Knowledge
Was he injured?
KILLED No Knowledge
Where was he when last seen?
IN the tAll position
Any hearsay information
only that he went DOWN with the
PLANE AND WAS Killed
Source: ONe of MY crew MeM per's SAW him on the ground
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member: two
Dates and destinations if possible:
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 10645, page 51 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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