Cleo Ralph Beggs
MilitaryJoseph L. Booth Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Charles Herbst (FE), Joseph Campbell (WG), George Corrar (BTG), Pate E. Given (R/O), Clarence W. Duvall (TG), Waddie W. Doolittle (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph L. Booth (P), Ross Burke (CP), Peter B. Bishop (N), Cleo Beggs (B)
This crew flew 18 missions with the 466th BG before being transferred to the 389th BG for six missions, the 489th BG for three missions and then finishing up with the 492nd BG for the final three missions. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Cleo was a commercial Artist with Capital Engineering in Lincoln Nebraska after the war. Family indicated that Cleo painted at least one of the "Jamaica" B-24 artworks that adorned the plane.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 389th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jamaica?
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lincoln, Nebraska | 5 November 1920 | |
Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 22 August 1942 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge Airfield, UK | 22 March 1944 - 20 May 1944 | 18 missions flown with the 466th BG. Transferred to the 389th BG |
Died |
Lincoln, Nebraska | 9 April 2003 | |
Lincoln, NE, USA | 2050 South 18th Street. |
Revisions
Us Federal Census Records; Military Enlistment records; Burial records; Social Security Application and Claims File; Beggs Family information.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343;
466th BG Historian
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history, 389th BG Roster