Robert Leroy Baylard

Military

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5ERS, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

EOW.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, NY, USA 9 August 1922 Son of Leroy E and Eleanor [Ennis] Baylard.

Enlisted

Rochester, NY, USA 8 October 1942 Rochester, New York

Based

Transferred

Boxted 13 February 1945 - 23 March 1945 Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Boxted, Colchester, UK 10 March 1945 Landing Accident Boxted/Sta 150 Cat 3 damage F/O Robert L Baylard, 10-Mar-45. P-47D 43-25312W - 63FS 56FG 8AF

Other

Transferred

Halesworth IP19, UK 23 March 1945 Transferred to 5ERS, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Fairport, NY 14450, USA 16 December 1993

Buried

Forest Lawn Cemetery Kane, McKean County, PA 19 December 1993 Forest Lawn Cemetery Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania

Other

Transferred

Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK Transferred to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

End of War (EOW).

Europe End of War (EOW).
Rochester, NY, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list