Beattie Harris Fleenor
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25115
Object Number - UPL 25588 - Beattie H. Fleenor, 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-24122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). According to Stewart pilot Fleenor was flying an H model B24 which was the first to arrive from the states. Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Raider' crashed landed on return to Britain with 3 crew members wounded in action. The landing was at RAF Ludham, Norfolk. All crew members were returned to action and plane was salvageable.
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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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: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34133119
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13024823
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14069918 / O-790954
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36233606
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18085232
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Fort Knox Kentucky | 25 April 1941 | EnlistedFort Knox Kentucky |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bay of Biscay Off Brest | 16 April 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Bay of Biscay Off Brest |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingBrittany American Cemetery and MemorialSaint-James, France | |
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Born |
Revisions
ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p. 78 -82 includes pictures and page 94. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
