Jack P Beasley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-41127.jpeg UPL 41127 SSgt. Jack Palmer Beasley

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Object Number - UPL 41127 - SSgt. Jack Palmer Beasley

Shot down by fighters and crashed N of Furstenau, GR on a mission to Genshagen, GR on 6 Mar 1944 in B-24J #42-109796 'Balls of Fire'. Killed in Action (KIA). Died of injuries received in attack after being captured.



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-109796

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Balls of Fire
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

7 March 1944

Born

Burtonsville, Maryland, USA

Buried

Maryland

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2962 / MACR 2962, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 41127 - SSgt. Jack Palmer Beasley