William Paul Boulet
MilitaryAssigned 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.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 26 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
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. |
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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