William D Butler

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Object Number - UPL 34510 - Lt William Butler

Pilot, Butler crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Ordered the crew to bail out. Had to land with 3 other crew members due to the bombardier's parachute malfunction which trapped him in the aircraft.

The 533rd BS War Diary has the men who bailed out as landing near the airfield at West Malling in Kent. The 242nd Medical Detachment War Diary lists them as POW's.

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The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

John K Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-674540
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Haden T Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-769351
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Kinley W Lindsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11050999
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Wayne L Maloney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17074913
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Francis R McGinty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10601038
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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42-29755

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: LITTLE CEASAR, Gremlins Delite, Last Straw
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 511

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Object number: UPL 34510 - Lt William Butler