Howard W Beaman
MilitaryShot down 26 February 1943 in B-24D 41-23804 'Sad Sack', 44BG/66BS while serving as Waiat Gunner on a mission to bomb the port facilities as Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The aircraft was attacked by fighters near the Initial Point (IP) which caused the loss of 2 engines, started a fire in the bomb bay area and damaging the control cables. Pilot, 1LT Phillamey , gave the bale out order over the city of Oldenburg and he SGT Beaman and 6 others of the crew baled out and were captured as Prisoners of War. 3 airmen were killed in the fighter attack.
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 26 February 1943 - 24 May 1945 | Held at Stalab 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austrial Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 24-May-45. |
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Born |
Casey, Iowa |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 22-Jun-2015. Added decorations and made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added Model letter, aircraft Unit association crew position and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 16053.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16053, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. p. 54-56