Walter Tecumseh Dyer Jr

Military

Assigned to 417NFS, 50FG, 12AF USAAF. Killed in crash of Bristol Beaufighter V8812, at Westerdale, Yorkshire 22-Jun-43. Killed in Action (KIA)





Awards: PH

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Beaufighter
  • Unit: 50th Fighter Group 417th Night Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Dallas, Texas 1 June 1942 Dallas, Texas

Died

Westerdale, Yorks, UK 22 June 1943 Killed in crash of Bristol Beaufighter V8812, at Westerdale, Yorkshire 22-Jun-43. Killed in Action (KIA)

Buried

23 June 1943 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot D Row 1 Grave 58

Born

Montague County, TX Son of Walter Tecumseh Sr and Vida Virginia [Boone] Dyer.

Based

22 June 1943 Assigned to 417NFS, 50FG, 12AF USAAF.

Buried

Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX Memorialised Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX