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Thomas Edison Beaird Jr receiving his Distinguished Flying Cross
Major Thomas E Beaird Jr HQ Sqn 55FG, 8AF.
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 30+ missions. Credited 1 x kill, 1 x damaged and 1 x probable. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (3 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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The 55th Fighter Group were the first P-38 Lightning Group to go fully operational from England. The pilots flew long-range escort missions for bombers flying over occupied Europe and racked up 'kills' of their own by destroying enemy aircraft in...
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Military site : airfield
Wormingford was a Royal Flying Corps/RAF anti-Zeppelin aircraft Landing Ground First World War, rebuilt for the Eighth Air Force 1942-43. It was a Ninth Air Force base from 1943-44, and home to the 362nd Fighter Group. Switching back to the Eighth Air...
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| Born | Shreveport, LA | 21 March 1915 |
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Son of Marie Beaird. |
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| Lived in | Shreveport, LA, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Camp Hulen, TX 77465, USA | 6 February 1941 |
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Camp Hulen, Texas |
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| Based | Wormingford | October 1943 – May 1944 |
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Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| E/A Damaged | Bremen, Germany | 13 November 1943 |
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Fw190 damaged. Bremen. 13-Nov-43. |
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| E/A Probable | Bremen, Germany | 29 November 1943 |
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Bf109 probable. Bremen. 29-Nov-43. |
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| E/A Destroyed | 28000 Chartres, France | 5 February 1944 |
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Bf109 destroyed. Chartres. 5-Feb-44. |
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| Crashed | Bourne PE10, UK | 18 March 1944 |
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Landing Accident Bourne England Cat 3 damage Capt Thomas E Beaird Jr, 18-Mar-44. L-4B 43-728 - 315SerS 97SerG 8AF |
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| Promotion | Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 4 April 1944 |
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Promoted to Major. |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | May 1944 |
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Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 17 June 2021 09:05:49 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 April 2018 20:50:38 | hello.am.me | Changes to service number and role |
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Found documents from family relative. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 November 2017 00:00:57 | hello.am.me | Changes to middlename and media associations |
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Im a relative. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 October 2016 19:09:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards and events |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Beaird%2C+Thomas |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 October 2016 18:50:27 | Al_Skiff | Changes to suffix, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/84766474_thomas_e%20beaird%20jr/details/ |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:25:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 / WWW.55th.org roster |
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