Thomas Edson Beaird Jr
Military
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UPL 30565
Thomas Edison Beaird Jr receiving his Distinguished Flying Cross
Relative of Thomas.
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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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Sources
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