Raymond Wesley Butler
MilitaryAssigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hank's Battle Wagon
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
WhiteStation, TN | 5 January 1924 | Son of Thomas Elton and Clara Melissa [Stauffer] Butler. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 4 February 1943 | Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia |
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Died |
24 August 1970 | ||
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Buried |
New Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lakeland, Shelby County, TN | 27 August 1970 | New Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lakeland, Shelby County, Tennessee |
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Based |
Debach | Assigned to 860BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php