Joe Bryant Ayers

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

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

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Date
Changes
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

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Corrected middle initial.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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