Ival Emmitt Butler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-50415.jpeg UPL 50415 1st Lt Ival E Butler, 77FS, 20FG

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Object Number - UPL 50415 - 1st Lt Ival E Butler, 77FS, 20FG

Assigned to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Baled out of P-38J 42-67525 after running out of fuel near Texel Island in the North Sea on an escort and support mission to Southern Germany on 18 March 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3096.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-67525

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gibson County, IN, USA 21 August 1917 Son of William Jesse and Clara Richardson Butler.

Enlisted

Fort Harrison State Park, 6000 N. Post Road, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA 4 February 1942 Fort Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana

Based

Transferred 20th Fighter Group

Kings Cliffe 12 February 1944 - 18 March 1944 Transferred to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Texel, Netherlands 18 March 1944 Baled out of P-38J 42-67525 after running out of fuel near Texel Island, North Sea on mission to Southern Germany on 18-Mar-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3096

Based

Goxhill 12 February 1944 Assigned to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Tablets of the missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56297309/ival-e-butler

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Carried over sources from a duplicate record:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3096 / MACR 3096, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56297309

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 50415 - 1st Lt Ival E Butler, 77FS, 20FG