Ralph P Butler
MilitaryAttacked by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39965 crashed NE of Wolfsburg, GR after some of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15.
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
27 November 1970 | ||
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Born |
Muscatine, Iowa, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3482 / MACR 3482, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, NARA, First Over Germany pg. 228, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database