Randall Charles Laing
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
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. |
Revisions
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https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sanluisobispo/name/josephine-laing…
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