Robert Lee Buttke
Military
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Object Number - UPL 56921 - Lt Bob Buttke 55th FG
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 5.5 kills, 2 x damaged. Ended 2 x Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC (2OLC), AM (6OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36366289
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39019670
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
12 July 1918 | Son of Herbert Otto and Ina Amilie [Benordan] Buttke. | |
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Enlisted |
10 March 1943 | California | |
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Based |
15 March 1943 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
3 November 1943 | 2 x Me-109 destroyed (air) E/Wilhelmshaven. 03-Nov-43. | |
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Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
10 February 1944 | 2 x Me-210 destroyed (air) NW Brunswick. 10-Feb-44. | |
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Other E/A Damaged |
10 February 1944 | Me-110 damaged (air) NW Brunswick. 10-Feb-44. | |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
22 April 1944 | Me-109 destroyed (air) W/Hamm 22-Apr-44. | |
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Other E/A Damaged |
22 April 1944 | Me-109 damaged (air) W/Hamm 22-Apr-44. | |
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Other E/A Destroyed [0.5] |
27 February 1945 | Ju-88 shared destroyed (air) Nurnburg 27-Feb-45. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
30 September 1945 | Honourably discharged. | |
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Died |
17 April 1975 | ||
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Buried |
20 April 1975 | Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles Los Angeles County California, USA | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | ||
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Other Promotion |
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | ||
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Other Promotion |
Promoted to Captain. | ||
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Born |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
