Joseph Anthony Butenschoen
Military
David Butenschoen
Object Number - UPL 51618
Assigned to 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Joseph Butenschoen is listed in the 8th AF files as serving with the 508th BS but his family letters and Oral history show him as serving with the 511th. 37 x combat missions.
Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 511th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Glory Bound
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron 511th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Martha
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 511th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Eufaula, OK | 7 January 1923 | Walter August and Helen [Jacklitsch] Butenschoen. |
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Died |
Tulsa, OK | 1 February 2021 | |
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Buried |
Greenwood CemeteryEufaula, McIntosh County, OK | 3 February 2021 | Greenwood Cemetery Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma |
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Based |
Polebrook | Assigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/
