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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

John D. Dyer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Essex County, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

LIEUTENANT, B-24 LIBERATOR 'LITTLE EVA', 321ST SQUADRON (BOMBS AWAY), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF NORMAN CROSSON CREW. RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION AGAINST A JAPANESE TROOP CONVOY NORTH OF BUNA ON DECEMBER 2, 1942, THE PILOT BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER FOUR PLANES. CAUGHT IN A BAD THUNDERSTORM THE PLANE RAN OUT OF GAS AND CRASHED. HE PARACHUTED OUT AND SURVIVED, BUT DIED FEBRUARY 9, 1943.