Peter Newlands Beet Jr
Military
UPL 81052
UPL 81052
1LT Burton C. Smith (left)1LT Peter N. Beet (right)
Both pilots with the 47th BG - 97th BS - 12th AF
Beet was KIA on 6 July 1943
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Object Number - UPL 81052 - 1LT Burton C. Smith (left) 1LT Peter N. Beet (right) Both pilots with the 47th BG - 97th BS - 12th AF Beet was KIA on 6 July 1943
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38032271
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34955677
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-345003
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Engle Field
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York, NY | 18 April 1920 | |
| Croton-On-Hudson, NY | 1 July 1941 | 83 Cleveland Drive Was enrolled as a student at Syracuse University | |
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Enlisted |
New York, NY | 4 November 1941 | |
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Died |
Sciacca, Italy | 6 July 1943 | Witnesses said that his aircraft took a direct flak hit very near the cockpit and that Beet was last seen slumped over the controls. The aircraft hit the ground with no one bailing out. |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery | 24 June 1949 | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Plot SECTION 82 SITE 212 |
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