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| Harry Butzlaff, WWII |
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| Hometown: |
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Wauwatosa, WI |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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September 17, 1943 |
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| Service Number: |
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02076538 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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462nd |
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768th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Tinian (September, 1945) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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13 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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| Targets: |
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Osaka (2), Amagasaki, Toyohashi, Kure (2), Okayama, Takamatsu, Utsonomiya, Kawanishi, Hachiogi, Toyokawa |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 1034-Navigator, MOS 0142-Radar Observer, Bombardment |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Capt. (Res.) |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-63480 Dream Girl and others. |
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| Were you a POW? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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February 10, 1946 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
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BS Degree- Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin.
Engineer at Ray-o-Vac, Engineer, Quality Manager at AO Smith, Milwaukee, WI, Quality Manager/ Manufacturing Manager at Smith Fiberglass, Little Rock, AR. Retired 1979.
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| Harry Butzlaff and his granddaughter, May 2004 |
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