Horace Hall Beyette
MilitaryAssigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. 9 x missions with Edward Komurka, 8 x missions with Edmund Barraclough crew. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39679645 / O-54429
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16058553 / O-737970
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16092624
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
![A crsashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3273) of the 95th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1746. MRU. 12-23-43. Repps, Norfolk Co. B-17F, 42-3273. A." Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/12/43 A.' On reverse: Damaged USAAF Photographic Station 505 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408540.jpg.webp?itok=zXvQ19Q1)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Laredo, TX | 16 June 1916 | Son of George Henry Beyette. |
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Enlisted |
Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, CA | 2 May 1941 | Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California |
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Other Commissioned |
12 April 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
11 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Enlisted |
19 January 1948 | ||
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Other Discharged USAF |
30 September 1964 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
15 February 2007 | ||
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Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | 18 February 2007 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/59100762/horace-beyette-social-security-de…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84955378/horace-h-beyette-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/626911743/horace-beyette-1916-veterans-aff…
https://www.fold3.com/record/716683900/beyette-horace-h-us-veterans-gra…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/487
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17961629/horace-h.-beyette
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php