Ayers Richard Butcher

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Richard Butcher Ayers is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB Richard B. Ayers

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 Montr�al, 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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