George Johnstone Laird
Squadron Leader · J/4896 · Canadian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 29
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Pilot, LV923 ZL-M — Crashed on return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 29
Crew & operations
Flew as Pilot with No. 427 Squadron (Lion).
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LV923 ZL-M (Handley Page Halifax) — Crashed on return
Crew: Joseph Charles Corbally (Bomb aimer) · John Morrison (Flight engineer) · Lloyd Henry Smith (Mid-upper gunner) · William Ernest Paul Soeder (Navigator) · James Moffat (Rear gunner) · Arthur John Stainton (Second pilot) · William Paterson Clapham (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: LAIRD, GEORGE JOHNSTONE → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission