Arden J Butler

Military

Shot down by flak on the return from a mission to Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31440 'Round Trip Ticket'. Prisoner of War (POW). He flew on Ware's crew.



KU report documents mistakenly placed in MACR 2241 (381st BG, 534th BS0, pages 1 - 4.



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31440

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Round trip ticket
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 July 1919

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 4 February 1944

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Granddaughter of Arden JButler

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2240 / MACR 2240, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database