Reed Baird Butler
MilitaryAssigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Elm Grove, Wheeling, WV 26003, USA | 7 November 1915 | |
Enlisted |
Huntington, WV, USA | 5 September 1941 | |
Other Crashed |
Gravesend, UK | 5 February 1944 | Taxiing Accident RAF Gravesend Cat 3 damage Lt Reed B Butler, 5-Feb-44. P-47D 42-8000 - 357FS 355FG 8AF |
Other Crashed |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 6 March 1944 | Mid Air Collision Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 3 damage Lt Reed B Butler, 6-Mar-44. P-47D 42-75574 - 357FS 355FG 8AF |
Died |
Gastonia, NC, USA | 30 May 1991 | |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
Other Promotion |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | Promoted to Captain. | |
Based Transferred |
Steeple Morden | Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Steeple Morden | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
1200 S New Hope Rd, Gastonia, NC 28054, USA | Gaston Memorial Park Gastonia Gaston County North Carolina, USA |
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