John H Beattie Jr
MilitaryShot down by flak and crashed at Waldrach on 8/9/44 in B-24 #41-28942, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 9 August 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.
ContributorAAM
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MACR 7890 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database