Personnel

CREW



2nd Lt Emil V.Busch                  P  FEH O-336718

2nd Lt Ralph E. Weaver            CP FEH O-2069846

2nd Lt Joseph Kucht              NAV FEH O-2077871

 Cpl Robert J.Sweeney           TOG FEH  36899154

 S/Sgt Andrew J.Kroll             TTE FEH  33291335

 T/Sgt Robert E. Kausrud       ROG FEH 36835579

 Sgt Gerald F.Allen,Jr.             BTG FEH 14177683

 Cpl Richard M.Cawley, Jr.        WG  FEH 13186101

 Cpl Howard 'W.Eichelberger    TG  FEH  35086578



350th Sqdn. Crew,as above,joined 100th Group on 6/4/45



ATTN Michael Faley, BUSCH Crew missions I have for them, LUCKILY on three of my dads Mission records. Jack O’Leary



19 APRIL, 1945 COMBAT MISSION SCRUBBED, PRACTICE  Mission BUSCH, D-SQDN,, ELEMENT 3, LEFT WING,  A/C 297-X, HARDSTAND 28 ..TAIL END CHARLIE .........( were missing the 20 april, 1945 Last Combat mission formation sheet, Wouldn't be surpried IF they made one..) 



3 JUNE, 1945, FRENCH-DP POW FERRY FROM LINZ, AUSTRIA TO PARIS,  BUSCH, A- SQDN, ELEMENT 2, LEFT WING, A/C 532-Y, HARDSTAND 32,



12 JUNE,1945  TROOP FERRY TO CASABLANCA, BUSCH, " KIMBOLTON" GROUP, A/C 754-A ,HARDSTAND,  R/W 04.......THIS AIRCRAFT IS A PATHFINDER THE CREW WOULD HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED AS THEIR SHIP IN JUNE, 1945 FIRST WEEK

Robert "Bob" Kausrud, 83-- Here is the obit for Robert Kausrud,(TAPS 29 Oct,2008)  ROG on the 2nd Lt. Emil V. Busch crew



New Richmond News, WI - 11/07/2008



Robert "Bob" Kausrud passed away Oct. 29, 2008, at The Deerfield Care facility in New Richmond. 

He was born in Toronto, Canada, and raised in Batavia, New York, and then Eau Claire, Wis. He graduated high school at University High in Kalamazoo, Mich. and attended Western Michigan for two years before enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corp to serve in World War II. He had lifelong love of as he called it “God’s Green Cathedral” where he enjoyed hunting, fishing, archery and being with nature. He also enjoyed playing the dulcimer and writing. Bob served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Europe from Oct. 1943 to 1946. He was honorably discharged as a Technical Sergeant 350th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group. He was a radio operator and gunner and flew missions over Germany including the evacuation of prisoners from Dachau to Paris at the end of WWII. He also re-enlisted in 1953 during the Korean War.



My father  Robert J  Sweeney   of  Flint, Michigan  was in the 350th,  

passed away at the age of 52 yrs, on March 10, 1976 in Flint, Michigan. 

Sadly, my father never talked much about his service in the war, and 

we never even recieved An american flag at his funeral, much less any 

military acknowledgements.  I was 15 yrs old when he died in my arms 

from suffering a heart attack at home.  He was within 4 moths of 

retiring from the City of Flint, Mi fire dept, where he was a 

firefighter for over 24 years.  If its possible please add him to the 

taps list on this website.  Thank you in advance.



Respectfully submitted,

His Son

Stephen M Sweeney