George Gittings Boteler
MilitaryAssigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 1.5 kills. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with

- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 6 June 1944
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington, DC, USA | 26 August 1921 | Son of Basil DeLashmutt and Dorothy S [Rohrer] Boteler. |
Enlisted |
Bolling Air Force Base Heliport, Washington, DC 20032, USA | 18 May 1942 | Bolling Field, Anacostia, District Of Columbia |
Based |
Duxford | 6 April 1944 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other E/A Destroyed [shared] |
Germany | 20 June 1944 | E/A shared destroyed 20-Jun-44. |
Other Crashed |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | 24 July 1944 | Belly Landing due to Structural Failure Duxford/Sta 357 Cat 5 damage pilot Lt George G Boteler, 24-Jul-44. P-47D 42-25837 - 83FS 78FG 8AF. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Germany | 1 September 1944 | E/A destroyed 1-Sept-44. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
Other Promotion |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Washington, DC, USA |
Revisions
Peter Randall at http://www.littlefriends.co.uk
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133
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