John D Beach

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Zweieichen in B-17 #4338324

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38324

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

9 September 1944

Born

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 9 September 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8929 / MACR 8929, 490th BG Personnel Roster / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database