Charles Glenn Baird Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed at Berlin on 3-Feb-45 in B-17 'Sitten Pretty' 44-6170, Killed in Action (KIA). Took a direct flak hit over the target. The #2 engine caught fire and witnesses saw the B-17 go into a shallow dive.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14107097 / O-825055
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sittin' Pretty
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Beatrice, NE | 6 October 1923 | Son of Charles Glenn Snr and Margaret [Blythe] Baird. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 6 October 1943 | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Berlin, Germany | 3 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 3-Feb-45 Killed in Action (KIA). |
| Santa Maria, CA | |||
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | 3 February 1945 | Assigned to 337BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery Williamsburg, Iowa County, IN | Re-Interred Oak Hill Cemetery Williamsburg, Iowa County, Indiana |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
/ MACR 12155;
Snetterton 228, 235
MACR 12155 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database