Military
Lt. Will T. Butts, 376th Fighter Squadron pilot. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, 1944. Museum object reference no. BAM_0092
Belonging to a series; a medal award ceremony at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire 1944. Col. Jesse Auton, Commander of the 65th Fighter Wing awarding an Air Medal to Lt. Will T. Butts, 376th Fighter Squadron. Museum object reference no. BAM_0048
376th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group in the Pilots' Room, Little Walden. Nov. 1944. Left to right from rear: William Butler, Allen Chalmers, David Overholt, Robert Ward, Robert Volkman, George Vanden Heuvel, Victor Petrone, Walter Kozicki, James Smith, Jay Ruch, Clarence Sullivan, Strother MacMinn, Robert Myers, Kenneth Scott, William Young, John Duncan (Acting CO), Howard Lane, Will Butts, Delmar Ford, Francis Murray, Bernie Bell, Derald Hatcher, William Brock, Victor Bocquin, Herbert Spencer, Raymond Schrup, Harold Mitchell, Claude Hanley, James Coe, Roy Webb, Edmund Gaillot, Warren Clark, Lewis Chadwick, Duane Grounds, William Beyer, William Sykes, Norman Smith, Donald Woodward, Claire Chennault, John Bricker, Francis Davison, Robert Hobbs and Harry Chapman. Museum object reference no. BAM_0353
Lt. Will T. Butts, a replacement pilot with the 376th Fighter Squadron. Probably Little Walden, Essex. Museum object reference no. BAM_0439
Group
The 361st Fighter Group was the last P-47 Thunderbolt Group to join the Eighth Air Force. Between 21 January 1944 and 20 April 1945, the Group flew 441 missions, the majority in an escort role in support of bombers flying over occupied Europe. The...
Squadron
P-51 Mustang
Assigned 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Walter Baron. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Rechlin, Gemany. Aborted near Rostock with engine running roughly and made for Sweden. Interned in Sweden....
Military site : airfield
The P-47 Thunderbolts of the 361st Fighter Group damaged the surfaces of the airfield so much in the first months of flying from Bottisham that American engineers were called in to lay a new runway. In January 1944 they constructed a 1,470-yard-long...
Military site : airfield
Little Walden was built as a Class A airfield suitable for American heavy bombers. The 409th Bomb Group, as part of the Ninth Air Force, was stationed at the base between March and September 1944, flying A-20 Havocs.
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| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 19 September 1924 | |
| Lived in | Davidson County, TN, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | 3 November 1942 | |
| Died | Knoxville, TN, USA | 2 July 1996 |
| Buried | Knoxville, TN, USA | 5 July 1996 |
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Edgewood Cemetery |
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| 30 October 2015 03:34:37 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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findagrave.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 October 2015 03:32:50 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, role, events and place associations |
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mooseroots.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 October 2015 16:36:07 | K Flynn | Changes to media associations |
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Associated media from Bottisham Airfield Museum Collection |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 October 2015 15:36:44 | K Flynn | Changes to media associations |
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Associated media from Bottisham Airfield Museum Collection |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 October 2015 15:35:51 | K Flynn | Changes to media associations |
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Associated media from Bottisham Airfield Museum Collection |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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