Randall Charles Laing

Military

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C Hit by flak while bombing the target of Friedrichshafen on 18-Mar-44 and rapidly losing fuel, B-24 42-100284 turned towards Switzerland crash landed at Dubendorf. Interned.



Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680173
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milwaukee, WI 18 February 1917 Son of Frank A and Auguste [Grzmehle] Laing.

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 11 September 1942 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Interned (INT)

Geneva, Switzerland 18 March 1944 Interned (INT). Gave his parole to not escape and worked in either Bern or Geneva till wars end.

Died

San Juan Capistrano, CA 19 October 1998

Based

Interned (INT)

Seething 18 March 1944 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Marriage

Switzerland Married Josephine in Switzerland, where she ran a beauty business in Zurich. 1946.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3341 / MACR 3341, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database