Edward G Butler
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 38712 - "A crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, poses for the photographer at an 8th Air force base in England on 25 June 1944."
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim; Disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845
Awards: AM (3OLC), 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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39554269
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39334130
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31389067
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33777694 / O-710378
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12178148
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Queens Village, New York, USA | 2 March 1921 | Son of Orson and Estella May Butler. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Jay, Governors Island, NY | 20 June 1942 | Fort Jay Governors Island New York |
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Died |
Ludwigshafen, Germany | 9 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim; Disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845 |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 17 Grave 57 | ||
| Alameda County, CA | |||
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Based |
Kimbolton | 9 September 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8845 / MACR 8845; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 321 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database