Thank You for service – WWII Army Air Corp Staff Sgt Ray Bussemer
Event Date
06/24/2017
Event Time12:30 pm - 1:00 pm;
Location
American Legion Cherry Hill
1532 Martin Ave
Cherry Hill, NJ
Join Warriors Watch, American Legion members and others as we stop over at WWII Veteran US Army Air Corp Staff Sgt Raymond Bussemer house in Cherry Hill to thank him for his service to our country! Motorcycles and cars welcome. We will rally at the American Legion, where our hero was Vice Commander in 1959!
Bio; Serving from Jan 6, 1943 – Feb 16, 1946, Ray entered the War from Ft. Indiantown Gap PA, where he went to Camp Bulter NC. for Basic Training. He attempted to become a pilot but found a better job in being a Radio Operator and a Gunner on the 50 Cal Mid Ships Gun.. Attached to the 394th Bomb Group, 584th squadron on board a Martin B-26 Marauder, this aircraft received the reputation of “Widowmaker” due to the early models’ high accident rate during takeoffs and landings. The B-26 had a payload of 2 tons. During Major Missions there where 36 planes that would take to the air, this all happened within 12 minutes. Once in the air, they would fly in groups of six planes, each group flew in very tight formation. The planes flew no more than one plane length apart. At the end of World War 2, The B-26 Marauder had the lowest battlefield loss rate of any USAAF bomber!
Our Hero’s squadron was involved in operations over Cambria France where he flew in 6 different Bombing missions during which he was given the AIR MEDAL award.
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