Howard Frank Ayers
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60324 - Howard F. Ayers, Radio Op., 603rd BS, 398th BG. Killed 02-Jan-45
KIS
Attended Brackenridge High School in San Antonio.
Was a carrier (newspaper boy) for his local newspaper.
Trained at Scott Field Illinois, Fort Myers Florida and MacDill Field Florida
Buried in the Fort Sam Houston Military Cemetery in San Antonio.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771335
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-121966
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18138173
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-827989
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Missions
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Crystal City | 6 January 1924 | Parents Howard Eugene and Lillian (Vandervort) Brother Harry Sisters Lillian and Mildred |
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Died |
Birchenough Hill near Wildboarclough Cheshire | 2 January 1945 |
Revisions
Howard's neice Norma
Ancestry
Find A Grave
398th
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Nuthampstead air museum
Nuthampstead Air Museum
aircrashsites.co.uk
398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
