Butler, Johnny Addison

Individual Personnel Data
Name Butler, Johnny Addison   ‡
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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
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 16 September 1943
Results Evaded Capture
DecorationsAwarded 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⇓ (5.203 MB)
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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