Freeman C Beasley
Military
Andrew G. Lucas, Engineer; S/Sgt. Daniel D. Moynihan, Radio Operator; John Nelson, Waist Gunner; Sgt. Lester R. Pearson, Ball Turret Gunner; Sgt. William S. Hurtley, Waist Gunner; Sgt. Glenn C. Knudson, Tail Gunne
FRONT ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT:
2nd Lt. Adolph P. "A.P." Miller, Jr., Pilot; 2nd Lt. Richard E. Prunty, Co-pilot; 2nd Lt. Thomas A. Bottomley, Navigator; Joe Nieaecks, Bombardier
Lt. Adolph .P. Miller's B-17 "Dear Becky" was shot down on 26 November 1944 on a mission to bomb a railroad viaduct near Altenbeken, Germany. Lt. Miller was a POW at Stalag Luft I for the remainder of the war. Lt. Bottomley was also a POW until the end of the war in May 1945. (Photo and info contributed by John Meurs and Paul Miller (son of Lt. A.P. Miller))
Object Number - UPL 50686 - BACK ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT: Andrew G. Lucas, Engineer; S/Sgt. Daniel D. Moynihan, Radio Operator; John Nelson, Waist Gunner; Sgt. Lester R. Pearson,...
A pilot with 324 Sqdn 91st BG 'Ragged Irregulars' Beasley flew 27 missions with the Group and was awarded the Silver Star and DFC. He piloted B-17 42-38128 "Dear Becky".
On the mission of 8th September 1944 to Ludwigshaven he was badly wounded but managed to get the plane back to base with the use of only one arm.
After the war he was general Manager of Jeppeson & Co. of Colorado Springs.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cutty Sark, Red Alert, Dear Becky
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Freeman Beasley.
