Flying Officer John Butler Ayer was born on 21 September 1912 in , Penobscot County, Maine, USA. He was the second of the three children of Fred Rollins Ayer (1880-1936) and Eleanor Frances Ayer née Butler (1885-1970).
United States Federal Census returns show that in 1930 he was resident in , Wisconsin and in 1940 in , Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, service number 83702, as a Pilot Officer, in Ottawa, Canada, and served in . He gained promotion to Flying Officer and died, aged 21 years, on 10 April 1942 when flying a Spitfire aircraft attached to . that went missing while engaged on photograph reconnaissance over the French coast.
As he has no known grave he commemorated on of the , Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey and on the .
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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