Ralph William Bayer Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Ralph William Bayer Jr.
Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 42-37936 'The All American Girl' 10-Jan-45; shot down by flak, crashed Gladbach. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11744
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH (OLC).
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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: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-770602
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The All Amercian Girl/Our Mark
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
McChord Airfield, WA | 5 June 1942 | McChord Airfield, Washington |
Died |
Gladbach, Germany | 10 January 1945 | |
Born |
Aberdeen, Washington, USA | Son of Ralph and Grace Bayer. | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 10 January 1945 | Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11744 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database