Laird, David Drexel
Killed in Action 1944-07-27
Birth Date: 1919-September-20
Born: Iowa City, Iowa
Son of Donald and Hilda Drexel of Middle Haddam, Connecticut.
Home: Middle Haddam, Connecticut, USA
Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment Date: 1939-09-04
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Flight Lieutenant
Service Numbers
J/21258
First Burial
Beech Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Rome, Italy
Canadian Virtual War MemorialMartin Baltimore
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The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.
Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II.Wikipedia
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