Jay W Ruch

Military

media-17955.jpeg UPL 17955 Lt. Jay W Ruch, 376th Fighter Squadron. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, March 1944.
Museum object reference no. BAM_0094 Bottisham Airfield Museum

Bottisham Airfield Museum

Object Number - UPL 17955 - Lt. Jay W Ruch, 376th Fighter Squadron. Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, March 1944. Museum object reference no. BAM_0094

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Units served with

361st Fighter Group

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

376th Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-103350

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Flying Jeannie II
Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

42-106944

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Flying Jeanie III Mary Jane
Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron

Places

Bottisham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born End of War	Pennsylvania, USA	4 August 1921
Enlisted Promoted	Philadelphia, PA, USA	1 April 1942
Died	Allentown, PA, USA	3 June 2003	Jay W. Ruch, 81, of Allentown, died June 3 in ManorCare Health Services, Salisbury Township. He was married to Jean P. (Miller) Ruch for 60 years last month. He was an inspector for GATX, Catasauqua, for 32 years before retiring in 1982. He was a projectionist in the Allentown area during the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Allentown, he was a son of the late William H. and Esther H. (Haag) Ruch. He was a Protestant. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, attaining the rank of captain and serving as a fighter pilot. Surviving: Sons, Jay T. of Whitehall, Roger D. of West Chester, Chester County; a grandson.
Buried	Allentown, PA, USA		Grandview Cemetery 2735 Walbert Avenue Allentown, PA 18104