Name | Butler, Johnny Addison ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-663844 ‡ |
Unit Assignments |
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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 |
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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⇗ |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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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⇗ |