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Beirne Lay Jr. (September 1, 1909 – May 26, 1982) was an American writer, aviation writer, Hollywood screenwriter, and combat veteran of World War II with the U.S. Army Air Forces. He is best known for his collaboration with Sy Bartlett in authoring the novel Twelve O'Clock High and adapting it into a major film .
May 27, 2023 · 1927 – Beirne Lay, Jr., a retired Air Force Colonel, died May 26, 1982, in UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, after a long illness at home. He was born on September 1, 1909, in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, the eldest son of Beirne Lay (SPS 1879), a master at the School, and Marion Colston (Hunter) Lay.
Age 72. Lt Col Beirne Lay Jr. and the 100th Bomb Group Connection. By Michael Faley-100th Bomb Group Historian. Achieving national prominence for his first book “I Wanted Wings” in 1936, Lt Col Beirne Lay Jr. will be best remembered as the co-author of the book and Academy Award winning film “Twelve O’Clock High”.
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Jun 3, 1982 · Beirne Lay Jr., author and screenwriter who specialized in films about the Air Force and who received an Academy Award nomination in 1949 for ''Twelve O'Clock High,'' died of cancer May 26 in Los ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Beirne Lay, Jr., who flew with the 100th on the Regensburg mission, described the surreal and nightmarish world crews encountered on this fateful flight. In “I Saw Regensburg Destroyed,” his arresting article about the raid included in LOA’s Reporting World War II: American Journalism 1938–1944 volume , he recalls:
Beirne Lay assumed command of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico on February 28, 1944. His wife was Philippa Ludwell Lee. Lay was Shot down on 11 May 1944 in B-24H #41-29468 'Peg O' My Heart' with the crew of Lt Frank Vratny, 838th Bomb Squadron, and evaded capture. See the story of his evasion at the COMET evasion ...
