James Reed Butterfield
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 850BS. Member of Schultz crew. 16 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Plauen 21-Mar-45; mid air collision with Me262, explosion sheared of tail. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13556
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13144366 / O-829084
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Marsworth
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Riverton, Utah | 18 May 1921 | Son of Thomas Soloman and Martha Elizabeth [Bowlden] Butterfield. |
Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 22 November 1943 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Died |
Plauen, Germany | 21 March 1945 | |
Buried |
Herriman Cemetery, Herriman, Salt Lake County, Utah | Re-Interred Herriman Cemetery Herriman, Salt Lake County, Utah | |
Based |
Cheddington | 21 March 1945 | Assigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13556