Robert A Butler

Military

On December 13, 1943, 'Nora' A/C #42-29529 was damaged by flak and crashed upon landing. 10 RTD.

Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97228, Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29529

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nora 2nd
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-97228

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: GI Jive
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kane, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 13 April 1944 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

Date19 Feb 2021 17:39:05
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
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Added an association to the A/C #42-29529 listed in the "Summary biography".

Date19 Feb 2021 17:38:11
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to place associations
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Added an association to Grafton Underwood, the home base for the 384th BG.

Date17 Jan 2021 20:30:40
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, events and place associations
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date17 Jan 2021 20:25:14
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
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Added some punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date12 Dec 2020 19:58:31
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:56
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 418, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 419, MACR 3871,

href="http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…">http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…; / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3871 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database