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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Audrey Allen Ayres

Hometown

Eagle, Idaho

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 429 'BISON' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ROOTES SECURITIES LTD. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. V (LL197) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED AT ZEETZE, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BERLIN ON JANUARY 20, 1944. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, CHARLOTTENBURG, BERLIN, GERMANY. COMMEMORATED AT STAR CEMETERY, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO.