Robert Dwight Butler
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 52433 - 2nd Lt Robert D Butler, 448BG.
Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8426
Awards: PH.
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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: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-705311
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bicknell, IN | 16 December 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 17 December 1941 | Portland, Oregon |
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Died |
Gerwisch, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg in B-24 42-50459 with Buxton crew 16-Aug-44; hit by flak and crashed at Gerwisch KIA MACR 8426 |
|
Buried |
Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR | 13 April 1951 | Re-Interred Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Seething | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Oakland, CA |
Revisions
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8426 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
