Butler, Johnny Addison

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Butler, Johnny Addison ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-663844 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Group history (microfilm B0373-01276), effective 28 January 1943. Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 547th Bomb Squadron Unit History, effective 21 April 1943.
Duty	Operations Officer / Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	16 September 1943
Results	Evaded Capture
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 16 September 1943 per General Orders #74, Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe dated 7 October 1943.
Additional Information	Butler was initially an operations officer in the 546th, but volunteered for combat flight duty and was assigned as pilot of an existing 547th crew, replacing William S Koch as pilot. Placed on Temporary Duty (FLAK leave) for seven days on or about 28 August 1943 to Stanbridge Earls, Hampshire per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #83 dated 27 August 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 722⇓ (20.367 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 2334⇓ (Filesize N/A) Recollections Of A World War II B-17 Bomber Pilot⇓ (0.130 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 14 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗	22 June 1943	Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
2⇗	25 June 1943	Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Bombed primary target on wing lead. Sortie Report⇗
4⇗	28 June 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
6⇗	4 July 1943	Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
--	9 July 1943	None Non-combat sortie	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Sortie Report⇗
7⇗	10 July 1943	Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
8⇗	14 July 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Co-pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
15⇗	15 August 1943	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Pilot	42‑3429⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
21⇗	6 September 1943	Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Pilot	42‑5852⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Landed away at Hornchurch, Essex, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
22⇗	7 September 1943	Target: Bruxelles-Evere Airfield/Repair Depot Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brussels / Bruxelles, Belgium	Pilot	42‑29768⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Difficulty controlling #4 engine and prop caused Butler to abort, after assembling his section. Sortie Report⇗
23⇗	9 September 1943	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Lille-Vendeville, France	Pilot	42‑29768⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
24⇗	16 September 1943	Target: Blockade Runner Ship (in Loire River) Type: Transportation Location: Nantes, France	Pilot	42‑5849⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by enemy aircraft; crashed near Rennes, France; MACR 722. Sortie Report⇗

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