Henry Lugo Ayon
Military
Object Number - UPL 20909 - F/O Henry L Ayon 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Post War: Served as a Sergeant in the US Army for 22 years. He retired with honors with the highest rank of a noncommissioned officer. In 1970, he and his family returned to El Paso where he became a successful entrepreneur until the 1990's.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Martha Jane Marcy
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Azusa, CA | 9 October 1922 | Son of Cornelio Fraijo and Manuela [Lugo] Ayon. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 23 January 1941 | Los Angeles, California |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 18 April 1945 - 21 July 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. End Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Died |
El Paso, TX, USA | 21 January 2015 | |
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Buried |
Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso, El Paso County TX | 28 January 2015 | Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso, El Paso County Texas, USA. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ; -
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
