Robert Earl Beers
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 340BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed To Return (FTR) navigation exercise to Burtonwood in B-17 41-9098. Weather was poor, almost certainly the red warning flares on North Wales border were missed by the crew, and so while continuing on their heading they crashed on the eastern side of Cadair Bronwen in the Berwyn Mountain range in North Wales. 11-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14042901 / O-430984
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Bitch
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Coweta County, GA, USA | 27 December 1915 | Son of William T and Viola B Beers. |
Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA | 12 July 1941 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia |
Died |
Cadair Bronwen, Corwen LL21 0ND, UK | 11 August 1942 | Failed To Return (FTR) navigation exercise to Burtonwood in B-17 41-9098. Poor weather caused crash on the eastern side of Cadair Bronwen, Wales. 11-Aug-42 DNB. |
Buried |
13 August 1942 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Georgia, USA | |||
Based |
Polebrook | 11 August 1942 | Assigned to 340BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery Newnan, Coweta County, GA | Re-Interred Oak Hill Cemetery Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Combat Chronology Supplement,Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 25 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia