Everett Curtis Baird
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return Tourre in B-24 42-52738 'Wilson' 7-Jun-44; enemy fighter followed A/C back to home base, shot down in landing circuit. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19033449 / O-687012
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wilson
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Morland, KS | 12 April 1922 | Son of Robert and Esther Baird. |
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Died |
Mendlesham, UK | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return Tourre in B-24 42-52738 'Wilson' 7-Jun-44; enemy fighter followed A/C back to home base, shot down in landing circuit. KIA |
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Buried |
8 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery | |
| Crokett, CA | Entered service from California | ||
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Buried |
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA | Re-Interred Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA | |
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Based |
Mendlesham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 3 by Bishop & Hey p. 344, NARA