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
- 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. |
Enlisted |
Memphis, TN, USA | 31 July 1942 | Memphis, Tennessee |
Other End of War |
Europe | 6 May 1945 | |
Other Promoted |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK | 27 May 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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." |
Based |
Steeple Morden | Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Kings Cliffe | Transferred to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |