Willard Raymond Beaumont
Military
Object Number - UPL 36644 - Willard Raymond Beaumont
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 8/1/43 on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Pudgy' 42-40613
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pudgy
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 27 September 1921 | |
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Based Graduated from Flight School |
Ellington Field | 14 January 1943 | January 14, 1943 – Graduated from Flight School, Ellington Field, Texas. Class motto was “One a day for 43-a” because pilots were being killed at a rate of one a day at that time. |
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Other Prisoner of war |
near Ploesti, Romania | 1 August 1943 - 23 August 1944 | |
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Other Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross |
15 September 1943 | For distinguished and meritorious achievement while participating in the operations against the Ploesti Oil Refineries of Rumania on 1 August 1943. In carrying out a low-level, long-range attack on an enemy target of extraordinarily great importance | |
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Other Married |
3 January 1945 | ||
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Died |
Hatboro, PA | 8 October 2016 | |
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Buried |
Washington Crossing National Cemetery | 12 October 2016 | Washington Crossing National Cemetery |
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Enlisted |
Joined the Army Air Corp | ||
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Willard R. Beaumont was an observer on Pudgey during the Ploesti raid.
I am his son, and have obtained this information from a reliable source, perhaps the book "Black Sunday" or his records.
I am his son recording information collected from various reliable sources
I copied the Army Serial Number from his discharge papers and distinguished flying cross citation.
I am his son. I have seen the wounds, the records, and the awards.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 333
