Raymond Allen Dyer

Military
media-49071.jpeg UPL 49071 1st Lt Raymond A Dyer, 334FS, 4FG

Object Number - UPL 49071 - 1st Lt Raymond A Dyer, 334FS, 4FG

Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Dyer destroyed one of four Me 262s downed by the 4th fighter group on 4 April 1945. This was his sole aerial victory, although he claimed three strafing kills.



Post War: Stayed in USAF, serving for 22 years. United Airlines pilot.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 436th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Lazy Daisy The Count
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Glassport, PA, USA 10 May 1921

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2 December 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

E/A Destroyed

4 April 1944 Me262 destroyed 4-Apr-44.

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 2 September 1944 - 21 September 1945 Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 26 October 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Denver, CO, USA 27 July 2003

Buried

Fairmount Cemetery Denver Denver County CO 30 July 2003 Fairmount Cemetery Denver Denver County Colorado, USA.
Glassport, PA, USA

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- '1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr.' ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
Contributorapollo11
Changes
Sources

Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholtz.

Date
Contributorapollo11
Changes
Sources

Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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