Baird, Donald Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Donald Robert |
Surname | Baird |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Beck Baird and Violet Frances Baird, of Deganwy, Caernarvonshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED820 |
Markings | PH-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 2. F. 7-8. |
Epitaph | IN LIFE HE NEVER DID A MEAN THING, IN DEATH HE WAS VALIANT |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 4 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1600016 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-07-1943 |
End Date | 04-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Wilhelm Telge, 11./NJG1) and crashed 0305hrs 4Apr43 between Walhain (Brabant) and Ernage (Namur), the latter being 4 km NNW of Gembloux, Belgium. |