Robert Leroy Baylard
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
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
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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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
ContributorAl_Skiff
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