Killed in air crash of B-29 into mountain outside Anchorage, Alaska. Maj Butler died in the crash, due to poor weather, of a TB-29 Superfortress assigned to the 5040th RADAR Evaluation Squadron based at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. The bomber crashed into a glacier, now unofficially known as Bomber Glacier, in the Talkeetna Mountains, just northeast of Hatcher Pass. Out of a crew of 10, 6 died and 4 survived.
World War II Service:
ENLISTED: 17 FEBRUARY 1941,
ARMY AIR CORPS
384TH BOMBER GROUP, HEAVY
SHOT DOWN / PRISONER OF WAR:
APRIL 13, 1944
STALAG LUFT 3 SAGAN-SILESIA, BAVARIA
LIBERATED: MAY 31, 1945
World War II Service:
ENLISTED: 17 FEBRUARY 1941,
ARMY AIR CORPS
384TH BOMBER GROUP, HEAVY
SHOT DOWN / PRISONER OF WAR:
APRIL 13, 1944
STALAG LUFT 3 SAGAN-SILESIA, BAVARIA
LIBERATED: MAY 31, 1945
Killed in air crash of B-29 into mountain outside Anchorage, Alaska. Maj Butler died in the crash, due to poor weather, of a TB-29 Superfortress assigned to the 5040th RADAR Evaluation Squadron based at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. The bomber crashed into a glacier, now unofficially known as Bomber Glacier, in the Talkeetna Mountains, just northeast of Hatcher Pass. Out of a crew of 10, 6 died and 4 survived.
World War II Service:
ENLISTED: 17 FEBRUARY 1941,
ARMY AIR CORPS
384TH BOMBER GROUP, HEAVY
SHOT DOWN / PRISONER OF WAR:
APRIL 13, 1944
STALAG LUFT 3 SAGAN-SILESIA, BAVARIA
LIBERATED: MAY 31, 1945
World War II Service:
ENLISTED: 17 FEBRUARY 1941,
ARMY AIR CORPS
384TH BOMBER GROUP, HEAVY
SHOT DOWN / PRISONER OF WAR:
APRIL 13, 1944
STALAG LUFT 3 SAGAN-SILESIA, BAVARIA
LIBERATED: MAY 31, 1945
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