Name:
Richard Butcher Ayers
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/79088
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-07-28
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Britischer Kriegsfriedhof Kiel, Kiel, Stadtkreis Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Plot:
Coll. grave 5. C. 14-15.
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Richard Butcher Ayers was born on May 18, 1917, in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York. He was the son of Richard L. Ayers and Nettie M. Ayers.
He graduated from Academy High School, Erie, and did post-graduate work at Dunkirk High School. He went to Canada to join the Air Force from Norwalk, Conn.
Richard enlisted on February 4, 1941, in Montréal, Quebec, and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 28, 1942, when his aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Kaiser-Wilhelm- Koog, Germany.
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