Dyer Fulton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24478 while serving as Co-Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24478

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

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Events

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Killed in Action (KIA)

23 November 1942 Killed when the aircraft was shot down by AA fire and German fighters crashing near Piriac, France.

Buried

Houston, TX, USA Originally buried by the Germans in the English Cemetery at Escoublac, France. After the war his remains were moved to the Brittany American Cemetery and later repatriated by request of next of kin to Houston, Texas.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 1-Dec-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 15392; added Burial event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Bishop & Hey MBE and National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Enlistment record.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. MACR 15392; Burial information: 'Losses of the 8ht & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Combat Chronology, MACR 15392 , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia