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Hi Daniel !
The pilot's name is 1st Lt. Harry J. Butler, jr., AAF/sn 0-750531. He was obviously killed in the action and identified at US-Military Cemetary St. Avold, France. Lateron, his human remains were tranferred to a place in Minnesota (US) for final rest.
It is hard to determine, when this accident occured. There are no German Luftgaukommando records, tracing to this event. All LIGHTNING losses, filed by J- or KU-reports are in the morning or at noon. The only LIGHTNING loss that day in the afternoon was at about 15:02 hrs near Dunkirk, filed as J 2387. You may check this file and then a solution would be possible. Or feel free to order Lt. Butler's IDPF file. This would give you the certainity, where Butler was initially buried and where you should look for his aircraft..
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