Lawrence Aldine Bearden

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38447.jpeg UPL 38447 Lt. Lawrence A. Bearden, of Greensboro, NC, was KNO on 10 August 1944 during a training flight, having joined the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, on 2 August 1944. Lt. Bearden was buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery. 359th Fighter Group collection

Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.

Object Number - UPL 38447 - Lt. Lawrence A. Bearden, of Greensboro, NC, was KNO on 10 August 1944 during a training flight, having joined the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th...

Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA). 10-Aug-44.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-103797

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Darlin Earline
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Westminster, SC 29693, USA 9 June 1924

Died

Garboldisham, Diss IP22, UK 10 August 1944 Crashed in P-51C 42-103797 Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA). 10-Aug-44.
Greensboro, North Carolina

Buried

Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.

Enlisted

North Carolina, USA

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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-103797
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=42-103797&Submit4=Go
https://www.fold3.com/page/84085382_lawrence_a%20bearden/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bearden&GSfn=Lawr…;

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Image courtesy of Astrid van Erp, Fields of Honour database at http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History

Lawrence Aldine Bearden: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 23885 - 2nd Lt Lawrence A Bearden 369FS, 359FG, 8AF.

Object number: UPL 38447 - Lt. Lawrence A. Bearden, of Greensboro, NC, was...

Object number: UPL 7309 - The grave of Lawrence A. Bearden at Cambridge...