Edward Howard Beavers Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23913.jpeg UPL 23913 Capt Edward H Beavers, [Scranton PA], 503rd Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14525 D7-Z “Joanie”. He was killed in action flying this a/c on 27 November 1944.

Object Number - UPL 23913 - Capt Edward H Beavers, [Scranton PA], 503rd Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14525 D7-Z “Joanie”. He was killed in action flying this a/c on 27...

Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Hit by flak strafing an airfield, bellied in near Cologne in P-51D 'Joanie' 44-14525 27-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10547



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Shy Ann
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Joanie
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Scranton, PA 22 November 1918 Son of Edward Howard Sr and Alice Doris Beavers.

Enlisted

Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA 7 May 1941 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Other

Promotion

Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK 4 November 1944 Promoted to Captain.

Other

Killed in Action

Cologne, Germany 27 November 1944 Hit by flak strafing an airfield, bellied in near Cologne in P-51D 'Joanie' 44-14525 27-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10547.

Based

Fowlmere 27 November 1944 Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Dunmore Cemetery Dunmore Lackawanna County PA Dunmore Cemetery Dunmore Lackawanna County Pennsylvania USA

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 10547 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10547 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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