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Vic L Byers Jr

Military

media-26289.jpeg UPL 26289 Major Vic Byers flew with the 353rd FG/ 351st FS in both P-47s and P-51s. Byers named both of these planes "Hawkeye" with aircraft code YJ-V and had 4 confirmed air kills. Billy J Murray collection

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Object Number - UPL 26289 - Major Vic Byers flew with the 353rd FG/ 351st FS in both P-47s and P-51s. Byers named both of these planes "Hawkeye" with aircraft code YJ-V and had...

Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 2.5 kills. Completed 2 x tours of duty.

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

351st Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Air base

353rd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-7858

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Hawkeye
Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron

43-25557

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron

44-11160

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Stardust
Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 351st Fighter Squadron

Places

Personnel of the 491st Bomb Group with ground support vehicles, including trucks, ambulances and a Cletrac wait in front of the control tower at Metfield for returning B-24 Liberators. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Waiting for mission return, probably Metfield, Nov.'

Metfield

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Crawford County, IA, USA	6 April 1921	Son of Vic L and Clara M [Thornton] Byers.
Enlisted	Omaha, NE, USA	21 January 1942
Other E/A Destroyed [0.5]	Germany	6 March 1944	Shared destroyed ETO 6-Mar-44.
Other E/A Destroyed	Germany	11 August 1944	1 x destroyed ETO 11-Aug-44.
Other E/A Destroyed	Germany	2 March 1945	1 x destroyed ETO 2-Mar-45.
Other Promotion	Metfield, Harleston IP20 0LH, UK	1 June 1945	Promoted to Lt Colonel.
Other Ended Tour of Duty (ETD) [2]	England, UK	18 July 1945	Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Died	Anaheim, CA, USA	23 March 2006
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) [1]	England, UK		Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Based	Metfield	18 July 1945	Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Promotion	Metfield, Harleston IP20 0LH, UK		Promoted to Captain.
Other Promotion	Metfield, Harleston IP20 0LH, UK		Promoted to Major.
	Denison, IA 51442, USA
Buried	Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, CA 92518, USA		Riverside National Cemetery Riverside Riverside County California, USA

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Date29 Aug 2017 14:42:44

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/page/84583131_vic_l%20byers%20jr/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/63707998_vic_l%20byers/details/
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_353.php
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=byers&Submit=Search
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72837399

Date13 Feb 2017 17:30:50

Contributordwgdallas

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Sources

Personal Effects of Lt. Billy J. Murray 353rd FG/ 351st FS

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:26

ContributorAAM

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Vic L Byers: Gallery (4 items)

Four P-47 Thunderbolts of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 1943-1944.

Object number: FRE 389 - Four P-47 Thunderbolts of the 351st Fighter...

Object number: UPL 22447 - Pilots of the 351FS, 353FG pose in front of a...

Object number: UPL 26289 - Major Vic Byers flew with the 353rd FG/ 351st FS...

Object number: UPL 26716 - Lt. Col Ben Rimerman and Major Vic Byers (with...