Thomas Theodore Butler
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 44326 - Sgt Thomas T. Butler 305BG.
Assigned 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Charles Todd crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 5-Dec-44 in B-17 42-39947 'Chiquita'; flak crashed Prenden. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11040
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771838
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chiquita
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pocatello, Idaho, USA | 1 December 1924 | Son of Guy O and Roberta Beatrice [Fowler] Butler. |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 13 September 1943 | Portland, Oregon |
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Died |
Prenden, Germany | 5 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 5-Dec-44 in B-17 42-39947 'Chiquita'; flak crashed Prenden. KIA MACR 11040 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Chelveston | 5 December 1944 | Assigned 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Mountain View Cemetery, Dillon, Beaverhead County, MT | Mountain View Cemetery Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11040 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
