Marion B Beal
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 19413
UPL 19413
Flying Fortress B-17F 42-30353 'Ten Knights in a Bar Room' and crew.
Back Row L-R Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown. Martin J Mitchell (Crew Chief). Edward J Lane (Nav). Robert W. Geib (pilot). James W Whitcomb (Co-Pilot). Marion b Beal (bdr) Unknown (sqdn Maintenance Officer). Unknown (Asstsqdn Maintenance Officer)
Front Row L-R Edward E Caldwell (WG) Malcomb Black R/O) William A Cosgrove (TG). Donald L Bridges (BTG) Thomas E Baldwin (TTG) William T Miller (WG) Unknown (Line Chief)
Back Row L-R Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown. Martin J Mitchell (Crew Chief). Edward J Lane (Nav). Robert W. Geib (pilot). James W Whitcomb (Co-Pilot). Marion b Beal (bdr) Unknown (sqdn Maintenance Officer). Unknown (Asstsqdn Maintenance Officer)
Front Row L-R Edward E Caldwell (WG) Malcomb Black R/O) William A Cosgrove (TG). Donald L Bridges (BTG) Thomas E Baldwin (TTG) William T Miller (WG) Unknown (Line Chief)
Updated names with info found here. https://95thbgdb.com/person/368
Shot down by fighters and crashed NE of Diepholz, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-29943 'Situation Normal'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Marion Beal is third from the right, back row in the crew pic for Ten Knights in a Bar Room
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Situation Normal
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ten Knights in a Bar Room
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
Born |
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Buried |
North Carolina | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2980 / MACR 2980, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database