Desmond Eugene Laird
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed near Hanover on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31265. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-740754
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sumrall, MS 39482, USA | 30 June 1916 | |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR, USA | 14 January 1942 | |
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Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 15 February 1944 | North 2 Compound, Barracks 2, Room 9. |
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Died |
Salem, OR, USA | 17 July 1992 | Desmond E. Laird was born in Sumrall, Mississippi and moved to Vernonia when he was 7 years old. He graduated from Vernonia High School in 1932. He owned and operated Dessy's Bowl. He moved to Salem in 1962 and owned the Eastwood Bowl. At the time of his death, he was the owner of Northgate Bowl and Stayton Bowling Lanes. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and was imprisoned in Stalag Luft 1, North 2 Compound, Barracks 2, Room 9. He married Doris "Dolly" L. Dolezal on June 28, 1947, in Wahoo, Nebraska. |
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Buried |
Vernonia, OR 97064, USA | 20 July 1992 | Vernonia Memorial Cemetery Vernonia Columbia County Oregon, USA |
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Other Shot Down |
Eldagsen, 31832 Springe, Germany | 10 February 1944 | |
| Vernonia, OR 97064, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2382 / MACR 2382, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database