DeMeritt Ray Edward

Monuments

RAF Ashford American Roll of Honor - 406th Fighter Group

Name:

Ray Edward DeMeritt

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

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Unit:

513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-23

State:

Florida

Cemetery:

Key West Cemetery, Key West, Florida

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Ray Edward DeMeritt was born on January 25, 1923, in Key West, Florida. He served in the 513th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant and Pilot of the P-47 D-11-RE #42-75223 during World War II.

On June 23, 1944, he took off from Station 417 in Ashford, England, on an armed reconnaissance mission to the Chartres-Voves region in France. Around 6:15 PM, his airplane was hit by flak during an attack on a truck. He evacuated the burning plane, and it exploded upon reaching the ground. 2Lt DeMeritt was taken as a prisoner and was sent to a hospital in Chartres, where he died from the wounds he received in the incident. He is now buried in the Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net