James W Buttermore

Military
media-27657.jpeg UPL 27657 Pilot: 1st Lt. Richard F. Lemanski 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
MIA 1944-03-08 - MACR #: 3426
Notes 42-31576 Delivered: Denver 20/11/43; Gt Falls 25/11/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Romulus 31/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned: 339BS/96BG [QJ-G] Snetterton 16/1/44; MIA Erkner 8/3/44 Pilot: Richard F. Lemanski, Co-Pilot: James W. Buttermore, Navigator: Leroy Chappell, Bombardier: Frank L. Sewall, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Matthew J. Mendys, Radio Operator: David A. Rohm Jr, Ball Turret Gunner: Philip Kierstead, Waist Gunner: Jeff D. Roberts Jr, Waist Gunner: Edgar A. Currie, Tail Gunner: Dean L. Shuck (10POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed between Wegenstedt & Calvorden, 13 miles NE of Helmstadt A/Fd, Germany. MACR 3426.
Source B-17 Master Log - Dave Osbourne Valerie Lemanski Holley Collection

MACR 3426

Object Number - UPL 27657 - Pilot: 1st Lt. Richard F. Lemanski 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron MIA 1944-03-08 - MACR #: 3426 Notes 42-31576 Delivered: Denver 20/11/43; Gt...

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31576 crashed near Wegenstadt after the crew baled out near Helmstedt, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800904
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Findley, Ohio, USA

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 March 1944

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2nd LT James W. Buttermore Co Pilot, Valerie Lemanski Holley Collection
Crew D34 , 339th Squadron, 96th Bomb Group
Front Row L - R 1st Lt. Richard F. Lemanski Pilot ,2nd LT James W. Buttermore Co Pilot, 2nd Lt. Leroy Chappell Navigator,
2nd Lt. Stephen O'Lear Bombardier Top Row S.Sgt Mathew J. Mendeys Flt. Engineer, S. Sgt. Edgar A. Currie Waist Gunner,
T. Sgt David A. Rohm Radio Operator, S. Sgt Jeff D. Roberts Waist Gunner, S. Sgt Dean L. Shuck Tail Gunner,
S. Sgt Philip G. Kierstead Ball Turret Gunner

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3426 / MACR 3426, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, pg 118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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