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Year of Birth
1921 |
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Ayer, Elliot Dean, Capt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Greenfield |
Last Address
Tallahassee, Florida
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Casualty Date
Jul 25, 1952 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Korea, North |
Conflict
Korean War |
Location of Interment
Not Specified |
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Last Known Activity
Captain Ayers began his military service in 1939, and was at Schofield Barracks serving as a sergeant and ground control approach technician with an artillery unit of the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawai. He was present during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Subsequently, he attended flight school, receiving his wings in November 1943, and flew P-47s in North Africa, Italy, and France, flying over 100 missions. He received his first DFC in August 1944.
In Korea, he had flown 85 missions at the time of his loss, and was just 6 days short of two full years of service in Korea. He flew with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group as the How Flight Leader in an F-51D (#44-74655) out of Hoengsong AB (K-46), South Korea. He flew the 45,000th combat sortie of that unit. He was on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire near Sarryong-Ni and crashed.
He was listed as MIA, presumed dead. He was the last known F-51 fighter pilot to be killed in the war.
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