Alvin F Pyeatt III
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26771 - 2nd Lt. Alvin F. Pyeatt, 357th Fighter Group
Crashed near Reutlingen in P-51B 43-6960 'Scrappy' after encountering 3 ME109s on a bomber support mission to southern Germany on 16 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 16 March 1944 | |
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Born |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 3108;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 3108 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
