Dee Jack Butler

Military
media-20149.jpeg UPL 20149 Lt Dee J. Butler (courtesy of his daughter Kay Gamble, via Marilyn Jeffers Walton)

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Object Number - UPL 20149 - Lt Dee J. Butler (courtesy of his daughter Kay Gamble, via Marilyn Jeffers Walton)

Dee Butler was Co-Pilot of B-24 'Rhapsody In Junk' #41-28733, shot down by flak on the 18 June 1944 mission to the Fassberg airfield, Germany. Crashed in Blick, Germany, near the village Süderbrarup in Schleswig-Holstein. Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William J Brodek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-860086
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Alexander Cardenas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38367896
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Charles D Clifford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39693927
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Lawrence E Dean

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34509333
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Frank Carl Deimel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17137983 and O-712777
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 458th Bomb Group prepare to board their B-24 Liberator, (serial number 41-28733) nicknamed "Rhapsody in Junk", for a mission, whilst ground crew refuel the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], ' Passed for publication 28 Apr 1944.' [stamp] and '317857.' [Censor no.] Printed caption attached to the reverse: ROUND THE CLOCK BOMBERS. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: As the ground crew refuels, the crew of a Liberator at a U.S. Bomber Base " somewhere in England"

41-28733

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Rhapsody in Junk
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Idaho, United States 11 August 1920

Enlisted

Santa Ana, California, United States 22 February 1943 in the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet

Other

Captured

Kappeln, near Schleswig, Germany 18 June 1944 Landed in parachute and was immediately captured

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Sagan, Poland 18 June 1944 - 29 April 1945 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Poland. Force-marched to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military control 21 July 1945."

Died

Saint George, Washington County, Utah, United States 25 September 1992
Ogden, Utah, United States

Buried

Leavitt's Mortuary & Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah, United States

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Additional information sent through to the American Air Museum by Thomas F Jeffers' daughter, Marilyn.

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 5908
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5908 & Page 273 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &  458bg.com - crew picture in Newell's crew in 754th BS

Dee Jack Butler: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 17336 - The Henry H. Northrop crew in Topeka, Kansas, just...

Object number: UPL 20149 - Lt Dee J. Butler (courtesy of his daughter Kay...

Object number: UPL 20150 - Dee J. Butler's POW card at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan...