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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 .
Based on the wartime experiences of Beirne Lay Jr., a former Eighth Air Force staff officer and bomb group commander, Twelve O’Clock High portrays the crushing weight of command in dire...
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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...
Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Beirne Lay Jr. was born on 1 September 1909 in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Strategic Air Command (1955), Above and Beyond (1952) and Toward the Unknown (1956). He died on 26 May 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer, Additional Crew, Actor
- September 1, 1909
- Beirne Lay Jr.
- May 26, 1982
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”.
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:
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Beirne Lay Jr. was born on September 1, 1909 in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Strategic Air Command (1955), Above and Beyond (1952) and Toward the Unknown (1956). He died on May 26, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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