Howard Frank Ayers

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Black and white portrait of Air Force TSGT. Howard F. Ayers in uniform Howard F. Ayers UPL 60324 Howard F. Ayers, Radio Op., 603rd BS, 398th BG. Killed 02-Jan-45

Object Number - UPL 60324 - Howard F. Ayers, Radio Op., 603rd BS, 398th BG. Killed 02-Jan-45

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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

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Aircraft

Missions

  • Date: 25 November 1944
  • Date: 21 November 1944
  • Date: 5 November 1944
  • Date: 17 October 1944

Places

Events

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Born

Crystal City 6 January 1924 Parents Howard Eugene and Lillian (Vandervort) Brother Harry Sisters Lillian and Mildred

Died

Birchenough Hill near Wildboarclough Cheshire 2 January 1945

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Howard's neice Norma 

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Ancestry

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Find A Grave

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398th

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Ancestry.com
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Nuthampstead air museum

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Nuthampstead Air Museum
aircrashsites.co.uk

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398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Howard Frank Ayers: Gallery (3 items)