Harry Dean Baird Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Shelby County, TN, USA | 9 December 1922 | Son of Harry D Sr and Margaret Baird. |
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Enlisted |
Memphis, TN, USA | 31 July 1942 | Memphis, Tennessee |
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Other End of War |
Europe | 6 May 1945 | |
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Other Promoted |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK | 27 May 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
Memphis, TN, USA | 6 April 2009 | "Harry Dean Baird, Jr. – Age 86, of Memphis, Tennessee, on April 6, 2009.He graduated from Central High School and Memphis State University, and served in World War II as a P-51 pilot in the United States Army Air Force. He was retired President of the Charles E. Heckle Company, a member of Second Presbyterian Church, where he served as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, elder, and Clerk of Session, and a beloved volunteer at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens." |
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Based |
Steeple Morden | Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
Kings Cliffe | Transferred to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |