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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 .
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- May 26, 1982 (aged 72), Westwood, Los Angeles, California
- 1 September 1909, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, US
Beirne Lay Jr Military media-379323.jpg FRE 887 US and British Officers look out for the return of B-17 Flying Fortresses from the top of the Control Tower at Grafton Underwood after the 8th Air Force's first heavy bomber raid on 17 August 1942, over the Marshalling Yards at Rouen.
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:
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 straits ...
- John Fleischman
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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 ...
Beirne Lay Jr.. Writer: Strategic Air Command. 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).
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