George Gittings Boteler

Military

Assigned 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

From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

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

83rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-25837

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

42-76232

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Miss Norma II
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
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

Date21 Mar 2021 12:31:15

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to middlename, biography, awards, events and unit associations

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/538201927
https://www.fold3.com/image/210850793
https://www.fold3.com/record/83792246/george-g-boteler-wwii-army-enlist…

Date22 May 2019 11:51:59

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to mission associations

Sources

Peter Randall at http://www.littlefriends.co.uk

Date28 Jun 2017 10:18:17

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to biography

Sources

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

Date19 Feb 2017 18:13:50

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/page/83792246_george_g%20boteler/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/210850793/?terms=George%20G%20Boteler
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/p-47/p-47-encounter-reports.html
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_078.php
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Boteler%2C+Georg…
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/doc/usaf.aerial.victory.credits-ww…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:47

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list