Joe Bryant Ayers
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Joe B. Ayers
UPL 60107
1st Lt Joe B. Ayers
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) at Luisendorf in P-51 'Helen of Troy III' 42-106901 MACR 9237.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bedford, TN | 8 November 1921 | |
Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 5 December 1943 | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
Other Assigned |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 12 June 1944 - 23 September 1944 | Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 2 August 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Louisendorf, 35110 Frankenau, Germany | 23 September 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) at Luisendorf in P-51 'Helen of Troy III' 42-106901. MACR 9237. |
Born |
Birmingham, MI, USA | ||
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot H Row 18 Grave 8 |
Revisions
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 9237;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
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