Ernest David Beatie
Military
Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.
Object Number - UPL 13982 - Lt. Ernest D. Beatie.
Joined RAFVR via Knight committee CA, USA, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU 30Hrs Hurricanes, assigned to 121S P/O,
transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF, promoted 1st Lt 23-4-43
Transferred to the Detachment of Patients, 5th General Hospital 29-11-43
Gunnery instructor in Louisiana and Texas until war’s end.
Post war Worked in real estate in California.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Albany, GA, USA | 17 June 1914 | 17 June 1914 Albany, GA, USA. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 14 October 1942 | Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF. |
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Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 23 April 1943 | Promoted 1st Lt. |
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Died |
Palm Springs, CA, USA | 29 January 1994 | 29 January 1994 Palm Springs, CA, USA. |
| Albany, GA, USA | Albany, Georgia, USA. | ||
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Other Joined RAFVR |
California, USA | Joined RAFVR via Knight committee CA, USA. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US | |
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Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
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Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU 30Hrs Hurricanes. | |
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Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF as P/O. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3503
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_b…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
