Wilmer E Dyar
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24566 'Zombie', 303G/259BS while serving as Bombardier on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15593. Participated in 4 Operations (1 was aborted) See Biography events.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Zombie
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 23 June 1942 | Assigned as the Bombardier of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 October 1942 | Arrived as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK. |
Other Mission #1, 2LT Wilmer E.Dyar, w/ B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bombe the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, 2LT Wilmer E.Dyar, w/ B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, 2LT Wilmer E.Dyar, w/ B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Dieppe, France | 20 December 1942 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel near Dieppe, France. His remains were never recovered. |
Other Mission #4, 2LT Wilmer E.Dyar, w/ B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - KIA |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. The aircarf sustained heavy damage from figerts and AA fire and crashed into the English Channel on the return. All crew lost. KIA |
Born |
Eureka, Illinois | ||
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Orville S, Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Orville S, Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html
Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Edited Summary Biography and made connections to missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added crew position to biography and KIA event per MACR 15708; added Commemorated event and decorations per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) record; made Place Aircraft and Mission connections within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15708, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55