Butler, Francis Charles Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Francis Charles Joseph |
Surname | Butler |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-06-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Captain Francis Mourilyan Butler and Josephine Brown Butler (née Lawrence), of Carswell Manor, Faringdon, Berkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IA |
Serial Number | N2897 |
Markings | WS-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 7. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 76576 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Had already flown 12 operations as a captain |
His father was killed at Passchendaele 8 October 1917 serving with the Royal Field Artillery. His mother was an American heiress. Carswell Manor, a Jacobean country house, is now St. Hugh's preparatory school. He was educated at Charterhouse School 1928 - 1931 as his father and uncles had been before him. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/125/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/125/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-06-1940 |
End Date | 19-06-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Honington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Attack on Barge and Leverkusen |
Reason for Loss | Came down in the North Sea |