William Paul Boulet

Military

Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 3 x kills and 3 x destroyed [ground]. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Brunswick shot down in P-51B 43-6948 by friendly fire from escorted B-17 bombers top turret gunner, engine hit in oil system, failed and baled out Prisoner of War (POW). 26-Apr-44 MACR 4316.

Awards: SS, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Veterans History Project Video Interview - http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.10586/

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Units served with

354th Fighter Squadron

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

355th Fighter Group

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

Aircraft

43-6948

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Lorie II
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron

43-7053

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 354th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force Field Order 315A

Date: 26 April 1944

Places

Stalag Luft III

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

Steeple Morden

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	New Orleans, LA, USA	28 September 1920
Enlisted	Louisiana, USA	19 January 1942
Other Crashed	Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK	27 March 1944	Belly Landing Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 3 damage Lt William P Boulet, 27-Mar-44. P-51B7 43-7053 - 354FS 355FG 8AF
Other E/A Destroyed [2] Ground	Munich, Germany	5 April 1944	2 x destroyed on the ground Munich, Germany.
Other E/A Destroyed [3] Shared [2]	Munich, Germany	24 April 1944	3 x Me109's destroyed, 2 x shared. Vicinity Munich, Germany.
Other Shot down	38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany	26 April 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Brunswick shot down in P-51B 43-6948 by friendly fire from B-17 bomber being escorted, engine failed and baled out POW. 26-Apr-44 MACR 4316.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	26 April 1944	Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.
Died	New Orleans, LA, USA	7 March 2005
	New Orleans, LA, USA
Other Promotion	Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK		Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Based	Steeple Morden	26 April 1944	Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date21 Feb 2017 21:17:07

ContributorAl_Skiff

Sources

http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_boulet_w_p.php
https://www.fold3.com/image/28632850
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=boulet&Submit=Search
https://www.fold3.com/image/173849862/?terms=William%20P%20Boulet
https://www.fold3.com/page/84002628_william_p%20boulet/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/56304593_william_p%20boulet/details/
http://wwii-pows.mooseroots.com/l/13918/William-P-Boulet
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=46589
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/24april44.html
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/doc/usaf.aerial.victory.credits-ww…
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.10586/
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=List%20of%20World%20War%20II%2…

Date21 Feb 2017 21:12:46

ContributorAl_Skiff

Sources

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:34

ContributorAAM

Sources

1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 4316 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4316 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list