Arthur N Bouthillier

Military

2 October 1942 on returning from mission to Meaulte, France, crash landed at Gatwick with landing gear retracted. 3 crew members were injured but all returned. Their plane 'Phyllis' B-17F-BO 41-24397 was salvaged.



Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

301st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24397

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Phyllis
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Providence, RI 6 April 1920 Son of George N and Valerie Flora [Cusson] Bouthillier.

Enlisted

Providence, RI 13 January 1942

Died

West Warwick, RI 1 July 1970

Buried

Notre Dame Cemetery, West Warwick, RI 6 July 1970 Notre Dame Cemetery West Warwick, Kent County, RI

Based

Chelveston Assigned to 325BS, 301BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.301bg.com/Bouthiller_Arthur_B3898_301BG.cfm
https://www.fold3.com/record/3686133-arthur-bouthillier
https://www.fold3.com/record/83381036-arthur-n-bouthillier
https://www.fold3.com/record/624365416-arthur-bouthillier-1920
https://www.fold3.com/image/197008808?terms=Arthur%20N%20Bouthillier

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 23-Oct-2014. Connections within web site data; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII Enlistment records.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces by Bishop and Hey, p. 36