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BUDDES, Anthony George - Date of
birth
27 April 1921 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut -
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11102340 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
603rd Bombardment Squadron,
398th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
16 March 1946 - Place of
death
Sachsenhausen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Anthony J. Buddes (father)
Helen P. (Palozie) Buddes (mother)
Charles L. Buddes (brother)
Stacia (Saczawa) Buddes (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38562 -
Data
Type: B-17
Nickname: Kitty Kay
Destination: Oranienburg, Germany
Mission: Operational Bombing
MACR: 13090
More information
Anthony G. Buddes graduated from Ellsworth Memorial High School in 1940 and was a farmer.He enlisted on 21 February 1943.
He was married to Stacia Saczawa on 1 May 1943.
Kitty Kay was shot down by flak during a mission to Oranienburg and crashed near the village Schmachtenhagen, three miles east of the town Oranienburg. Anthony was taken POW and handed over to the SS at the Clay Tile Works of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, where he was interrogated by the chief of the works, SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Heinrich Fresemann. As prisoners eyewitnessed, during the interrogation Fresemann shot down Buddes and killed him.
According to official records, Sgt Buddes most likely killed on 10 April 1945. He was officially declared dead on 16 March 1946.
Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - Hartford Courant, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree
Photo source: www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com