Richard Blake Laing
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 45676
Sgt Richard Blake Laing, 448BG
Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 41-28609 Shot down 22-Dec-43, A/C exploded in mid air. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2422
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18115105 / O-677748
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Loma Linda, CA | 10 November 1923 | Son of William B Laing. |
Enlisted |
Fort Rosecrans, CA | 24 November 1942 | Fort Rosecrans, California |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Off Frisian Islands | 22 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 41-28609 Shot down 22-Dec-43, A/C exploded in mid air. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2422 |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
Based |
Seething | 22 December 1943 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |