Walter Tecumseh Dyer Jr
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Beaufighter
- Unit: 50th Fighter Group 417th Night Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
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 |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/90266666-walter-t-dyer-jr
https://www.fold3.com/record/529901845-walter-t-dyer-jr
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/43/v8812.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289399/walter-t-dyer
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104341962/walter-t_-dyer#add-to-vc
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, ABMC, NARA