Paul Bouton Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24526 'Leaping Liz' while serving as Co-Pilot. Target was U/B yards (submarines) at St. Nazaire, France. Fighters attacked and plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA) Participated in 4 Operations - 1 Abort (see Biography events)

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Leapin Liz
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field (AGR), Avon Park, FL 33825, USA 5 November 1941

Other

Mission #1 2LT Paul Bouton, Jr. w/ B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 23 November 1942 Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F-41-24526 "Leapin Liz", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. (RTB OK)

Other

Mission #2 2LT Paul Bouton, Jr. w/B-17F 41-24536, 303BG/359BS Aborted

Rouen, France 12 December 1942 Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F-41-24526 "Leapin Liz", 303BG/358BS Misson was to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France but mechanical failures forced the Pilot to abort. (RTB OK)

Other

Mission #3 2LT Paul Bouton, Jr. w/B-17F 41-24536, 303BG/359BS

Romilly-sur-Seine, France 20 December 1942 Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F-41-24526 "Leapin Liz", 303BG/358BS. Mission was to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur Seine, Fracne. (RTB OK)

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Saint-Nazaire, France 3 January 1943 Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea near the target. His remains have never been recovered. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) has no record that his name appears on any Wall of the Missing in any American Cemetery in Europe.

Other

Mission #3 2LT Paul Bouton, Jr. w/B-17F 41-24536, 303BG/359BS KIA

Saint-Nazaire, France 3 January 1943 Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F-41-24526 "Leapin Liz", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the torpedao strorage areas at St. Nazaire, France. (KIA)
Lakeland, Florida

Born

Virginia, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 9-Aug-2015. Added Mission events #1 thru #4 per 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/ Made connections to missions within exiasting website data.

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ContributorLucy May
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Removed 'Lived in' Event for 'Orleans, CA' after checking the MACR and finding no mention of the place in connection with Paul Bouton.

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Combined two entries for this airman. Now included information from the following sources:
MACR 7650 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Enlistment record: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=all&tf=…

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 7650; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added crew position and made minor edits to biography.

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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 / MACR 7650, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60 with name spelled 'Bowton'