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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 .
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.
COL Beirne Lay Jr. Birth. 1 Sep 1909. Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia, USA. Death. 26 May 1982 (aged 72) Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Burial. Donated to Medical Science.
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...
- John Fleischman
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...
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