He had just finished basic when he was sent to Kearns for further education both in weather schooling and gunnery schooling. He was sent to Kearns in early fall of 1943. he was later sent to Kansas from Kearns after being assigned to a group.

He flew a total of 26 missions, 21 in combat and 5 with a weather observation crew of the 39th Bomb Group. Buchinski was first with a B-25 unit or group and then transferred to a B-29 group.