Name:
David L. Butcher
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
16011010
Unit:
545th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
Illinois
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SSgt David L. Butcher, tail gunner of the B-17 42-3235 “Lakanuki”, took off from station 106 in Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, UK on a bombing mission over LeMans. They were shot down by a German Fw190-A5 piloted by Uffz Wolfgang Ortlepp of the JG2/Stab at 28000 feet. Butcher bailed out semi-conscious and came to in midair. He landed in a wheat field where three Resistance members of the Buckmaster cell took him in and sent him back to the UK through the Francoise pipeline. His full E&E report #483 can be read at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-483.pdf.