Earl Richard Beaty

Military
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  A man in overalls is standing on the the wing of the airplane UPL 67136 UPL 67136 384Th Bomb Group Lead Crews (Wing Lead)/6 February 1944, Nancy, France - Essey Aerodrome (Airfield).
Standing, L-To-R: Leroy A Arquette, Bombardier; John W Barkley, Jr, Navigator; George S Hunt, Tail Gunner/Observer (Co-Pilot); William M Price, Iii, Pilot; Maj. Carl Liles, Air Commander.
Kneeling, L-To-R: Billy J Jackson, Ball Turret; James C Leigh, Flexible Gunner; Robert E Smith, Radio; Donald W Dailey, Flexible Gunner; Earl R Beaty, Engineer.
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Object Number - UPL 67136 - 384Th Bomb Group Lead Crews (Wing Lead)/6 February 1944, Nancy, France - Essey Aerodrome (Airfield). Standing, L-To-R: Leroy A Arquette,...

Battle damage on 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29699 'Old Battle Axe.' Plane ditched in North Sea. The crew was rescued and returned to base.

On return from Schweinfurt, 14 October 1943, the crew bailed out of battle damaged B-17, 42-3037 near Deenethorpe; the aircraft crash-landed near Corby, UK.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fifi | Old Battle Axe
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Windy City Avenger (sic)
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Tennessee, USA 28 August 1942 Residence: Roane county, Tennessee Private, Air Corps

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Assigned

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK 15 August 1943 Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #71 dated 15 August 1943, William Merriman Price III Crew. 25 combat missions.

Other

Promoted

25 September 1943 Promoted to Technical Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Order #104 dated 25 September 1943.

Born

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 285 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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