William Paul Boulet

Military

Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 3 x kills and 3 x destroyed [ground]. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Brunswick shot down in P-51B 43-6948 by friendly fire from escorted B-17 bombers top turret gunner, engine hit in oil system, failed and baled out Prisoner of War (POW). 26-Apr-44 MACR 4316.



Awards: SS, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



Veterans History Project Video Interview - http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.10586/

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Lorie II
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 354th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Orleans, LA, USA 28 September 1920

Enlisted

Louisiana, USA 19 January 1942

Other

Crashed

Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK 27 March 1944 Belly Landing Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 3 damage Lt William P Boulet, 27-Mar-44. P-51B7 43-7053 - 354FS 355FG 8AF

Other

E/A Destroyed [2] Ground

Munich, Germany 5 April 1944 2 x destroyed on the ground Munich, Germany.

Other

E/A Destroyed [3] Shared [2]

Munich, Germany 24 April 1944 3 x Me109's destroyed, 2 x shared. Vicinity Munich, Germany.

Other

Shot down

38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany 26 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Brunswick shot down in P-51B 43-6948 by friendly fire from B-17 bomber being escorted, engine failed and baled out POW. 26-Apr-44 MACR 4316.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 26 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

New Orleans, LA, USA 7 March 2005
New Orleans, LA, USA

Other

Promotion

Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Based

Steeple Morden 26 April 1944 Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 4316 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4316 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list