Reed Baird Butler

Military

Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron 377th Fighter Squadron

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Elm Grove, Wheeling, WV 26003, USA	7 November 1915
Enlisted	Huntington, WV, USA	5 September 1941
Other Crashed	Gravesend, UK	5 February 1944	Taxiing Accident RAF Gravesend Cat 3 damage Lt Reed B Butler, 5-Feb-44. P-47D 42-8000 - 357FS 355FG 8AF
Other Crashed	Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK	6 March 1944	Mid Air Collision Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 3 damage Lt Reed B Butler, 6-Mar-44. P-47D 42-75574 - 357FS 355FG 8AF
Died	Gastonia, NC, USA	30 May 1991
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD)	England, UK		Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Other Promotion	Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK		Promoted to Captain.
Based Transferred	Steeple Morden		Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Based	Steeple Morden		Transferred to HQ Sqn, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	1200 S New Hope Rd, Gastonia, NC 28054, USA		Gaston Memorial Park Gastonia Gaston County North Carolina, USA

Date28 Aug 2017 13:32:00

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:16

ContributorAAM

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list