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Dyke Andrew Adam

Name:
Andrew Adam  Dyke
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
32427528
Unit:
427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-10-09
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Liège, Belgium
Plot:
B
Row:
39
Grave:
17
Decoration:
Air Medal; Purple Heart
Comments:

Born on May 15, 1921/. From New York. Andrew served as a Technical Sergeant & Right Waist Gunner on B-17F "Son" (42-5221), 427th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He resided in Nassau County, New York prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on August 13, 1942 at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents. He is remembered in Denmark, where he was buried until 1948, with a cenotaph. Andrew was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was hit by German aircraft and crashed into the Baltic Sea, near Lolland, Denmark during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.