Hayes Durmont Button

Military
media-44330.jpeg UPL 44330 Hayes Button

Photo of my Dad, history of image unknown

Object Number - UPL 44330 - Hayes Button

Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission in P-47 42-8483 crashed near Dunkirk 30-Dec-43 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1864.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-8483

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minnesota, USA 18 January 1920

Enlisted

Minneapolis, MN, USA 26 May 1942

Based

Transferred

Bodney 6 September 1943 - 30 December 1943 Transferred to HQ Sqn, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 30 December 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Shot down / baled out

Dunkirk, France 30 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission in P-47 42-8483 crashed near Dunkirk 30-Dec-43 POW. MACR 1864.

Other

Discharged USAAF

28 December 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Anchorage, AK, USA 9 August 1983
Hackensack, MN 56452, USA

Buried

535 E 9th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Anchorage Anchorage Borough Alaska, USA

Based

Bodney 6 September 1943 Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

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http://wwii-pows.mooseroots.com/l/16408/Hayes-D-Button
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131748673

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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