Calvin Jay Butler
MilitaryAssigned to 434FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Clastras, France in P-38 44-23168. Hit by flak strafing train and crashed near Paris on 17-Jun-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5965.
Awards: AM, BS (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 435th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Redmond, OR 97756, USA | 15 November 1918 | Son of Jesse Davenport and Meda L [Nichols] Butler. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 612 E Reserve St, Vancouver, WA 98661, USA | 10 October 1940 | Vancouver Barracks, Washington |
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Other Promotion |
11 Roman Rd, Ipswich IP7 7RA, UK | 17 May 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Based |
Wattisham | 17 May 1944 - 17 June 1944 | Transferred to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
95450 Théméricourt, France | 17 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Clastras, France in P-38 44-23168. Hit by flak strafing train and crashed near Paris on 17-Jun-44. POW MACR 5965. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Deschutes County, OR, USA | 14 July 2004 | |
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Based |
Wattisham | 17 May 1944 | Assigned to 434FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Bend Bulletin: Vanishing Heroes special edition 2003
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5965 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database