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.

Connections

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Units served with

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.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

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
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
Sources

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

Date28 Jun 2017 10:18:17
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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
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
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list