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Otto W. Buenting Collection
Major Otto William Buenting was assigned to the 444th Bombardment Group, 58th Wing of the 20th Air Force in World War II. Major Buenting was the Operations Officer. During his combat service he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Flying 40 missions while based in India and 35 missions when based in Tinian, Major Buenting was selected as one of the pilots for the B-29 crew of the "Lady Marge" that flew the Japanese Surrender documents to Washington DC. In the process, this crew set the worlds record from Honolulu to Washington on September 1, 1945 averaging 285 miles per hour.
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Donations
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Volunteers Needed
We need help with transcribing data. Personnel and group records to digital. Want to help? Contact Us
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Servicemen Data
If you have any data on servicemen and units and would be like to add it to our digital library; please Contact Us
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Additional Resources
Obtaining Individuals' Military Records: These are located at the National Archives. Information and Order Forms can be found [Here]
Search US National Cemeteries [Here]
Air Force Historical Research Agency Where you will find group and command records NOT individual service records. [Here].
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