Lawrence Aldine Bearden
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 38447
Lt. Lawrence A. Bearden, of Greensboro, NC, was KNO on 10 August 1944 during a training flight, having joined the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, on 2 August 1944. Lt. Bearden was buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery.
359th Fighter Group collection
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.
Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA). 10-Aug-44.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Darlin Earline
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Westminster, SC 29693, USA | 9 June 1924 | |
Died |
Garboldisham, Diss IP22, UK | 10 August 1944 | Crashed in P-51C 42-103797 Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA). 10-Aug-44. |
Greensboro, North Carolina | |||
Buried |
Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. | ||
Enlisted |
North Carolina, USA |
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Sources
Image courtesy of Astrid van Erp, Fields of Honour database at http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History