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Moisture Red Lead, 26 June 1943
P-47C serial 41-6534 "Vickie II" flown by CAPT Roger B. Dyar, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France. His first "Vickie," P-47C serial 41-6395, had been transferred to the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th FG at Duxford.
KIA in an engagement with FW-190s of JG-26; the ordeal of his remains immediately following his shootdown are cloudy. His U.S. Army Individual Deceased Personnel Record File begins with a grave located shortly after the Allied invasion at Normandy; remains in a civilian cemetery in Fecamp, France marked "Unbekannt RAAF" (unknown Royal Australian Air Force) dated "11 July 44" (this may be a typographical error) turned out to be Dyar's, based on dental record comparisons. Following identification, the remains were re-buried at the St. Andre-de-Eure American military cemetery on 15 April 1945. Three years later, Dyar's body was exhumed and re-interred at the American Military Cemetery at St. Laurent on 15 September 1948.
Moisture Red Lead, 26 June 1943
P-47C serial 41-6534 "Vickie II" flown by CAPT Roger B. Dyar, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Bomber escort mission to Villacoublay, France. His first "Vickie," P-47C serial 41-6395, had been transferred to the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th FG at Duxford.
KIA in an engagement with FW-190s of JG-26; the ordeal of his remains immediately following his shootdown are cloudy. His U.S. Army Individual Deceased Personnel Record File begins with a grave located shortly after the Allied invasion at Normandy; remains in a civilian cemetery in Fecamp, France marked "Unbekannt RAAF" (unknown Royal Australian Air Force) dated "11 July 44" (this may be a typographical error) turned out to be Dyar's, based on dental record comparisons. Following identification, the remains were re-buried at the St. Andre-de-Eure American military cemetery on 15 April 1945. Three years later, Dyar's body was exhumed and re-interred at the American Military Cemetery at St. Laurent on 15 September 1948.