Richard Blake Laing

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media-45676.jpeg UPL 45676 Sgt Richard Blake Laing, 448BG

Object Number - 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

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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.

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