Buford, Wallace Abbott, 1st Lt

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Last Rank
First Lieutenant
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1092-Pilot, B-24
Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)
Primary Unit
1952-1953, AAF MOS 1051, 50th Troop Carrier Squadron
Service Years
1943 - 1954
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First Lieutenant

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Home State
Utah
Utah
Year of Birth
1925
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Ogden, Utah
Last Address
Haiphong, Vietnam
Casualty Date
May 06, 1954
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Laos
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Cemetery Unknown

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 1950-1953, AT-6 Texan
From Year
1950
To Year
1953
   
Personal Memories
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Aircraft/Missile Information
General characteristics

* Crew: two (student and instructor)
* Length: 29 ft (8.84 m)
* Wingspan: 42 ft (12.81 m)
* Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.57 m)
* Wing area: 253.7 ft (23.6 m)
* Empty weight: 4,158 lb (1,886 kg)
* Loaded weight: 5,617 lb (2,548 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 Wasp radial engine, 600 hp (450 kW)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 208 mph at 5,000 ft (335 km/h at 1,500 m)
* Cruise speed: 145 mph (233 km/h)
* Range: 730 miles (1,175 km)
* Service ceiling 24,200 ft (7,400 m)
* Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
* Wing loading: lb/ft (kg/m)
* Power/mass: hp/lb (kW/kg)

Armament

* Provision for up to 3 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun

   
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Last Updated: Dec 2, 2011
   
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