Thomas Edson Beaird Jr

Military
media-30565.png UPL 30565 Thomas Edison Beaird Jr receiving his Distinguished Flying Cross

Relative of Thomas.

Object Number - UPL 30565 - Thomas Edison Beaird Jr receiving his Distinguished Flying Cross

Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 30+ missions. Credited 1 x kill, 1 x damaged and 1 x probable. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: DFC, AM (3 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Shreveport, LA 21 March 1915 Son of Marie Beaird.

Enlisted

Camp Hulen, TX 77465, USA 6 February 1941 Camp Hulen, Texas

Other

E/A Damaged

Bremen, Germany 13 November 1943 Fw190 damaged. Bremen. 13-Nov-43.

Other

E/A Probable

Bremen, Germany 29 November 1943 Bf109 probable. Bremen. 29-Nov-43.

Other

E/A Destroyed

28000 Chartres, France 5 February 1944 Bf109 destroyed. Chartres. 5-Feb-44.

Other

Crashed

Bourne PE10, UK 18 March 1944 Landing Accident Bourne England Cat 3 damage Capt Thomas E Beaird Jr, 18-Mar-44. L-4B 43-728 - 315SerS 97SerG 8AF

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 4 April 1944 Promoted to Major.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).

Based

Wormingford Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Shreveport, LA, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster

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