Philip Dane Beall Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 56675 - Philip D Beall
Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-31167 10-Feb-44; shot down by fighters and crashed near Diepholz. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2535
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742285
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
British Columbia, Canada | 15 June 1915 | Son of Philip Dane Sr and Hilda D. Beall. |
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Enlisted |
24 August 1941 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 10 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
24 January 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
12 April 1988 | ||
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Buried |
Rose Lawn Cemetery Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa County, FL | 15 April 1988 | Rose Lawn Cemetery Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa County, Florida. |
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Based |
Rattlesden | 10 February 1944 | Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field, merged all data fields and then removed the duplicate person.
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to the A/C #42-31167 listed in the "Summary biography" .
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2535, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
