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Associated person
Object Number - UPL 36382 - Kerwin O. Butler, April 1943
Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-G] Kimbolton 3/10/43; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Jim Lash, Co-pilot: Gene Zepek, Navigator: Kerwin Butler, Bombardier: Steve Souris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Blair, Radio Operator: John Howell, Ball turret gunner: Jim Culley, Waist gunner: Larry Preston, Waist gunner: Ben Irvin,Tail gunner: John Reggie (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Odense, Den. Missing Air Crew Report 1045.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1045 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database