Benjamin Gladstone Beauclair
Military
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Missing Air Crew Report #2460
Object Number - UPL 16727 - 42-29656
Benjamin Beauclair was Co-Pilot of B-17 "Skunkface" #42-29656 of 91st Bomb Group/322nd Bomb Squadron, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. Crashed behind the railway station at Lens, NNW of Mons, Belgium. Hit in the leg and chest during the fighter attack. First sent to a hospital in Mons, he was later transferred to another one in Brussels on 28 February 1944, together with Left Waist Gunner Sgt Ramsey and Ball Turret Gunner Sgt Rex Wertman. Was witness to the death of Wertman during or right after riding in the ambulance driving them there. Prisoner of War (POW) - Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065646 and O-744176
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13026553
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19110484 and O-750196
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15125163 and O-746370
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13083837
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Terrible Ten : Skunkface
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
10 February 1921 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 February 1944 - 1 June 1945 | POW at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany (South compound - Barrack 2 - Room 9). NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945” | |
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Died |
30 May 1989 | ||
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Born |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2460 / MACR 2460, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
