Military
Barclay B. Beeby Crew 388th BG - 560th BS Standing Left to Right: Joseph N. Carmody (N), Raymond E. Snow (B), Barclay B. Beeby (P), Joseph Luke (CP) Kneeling Left to Right: Wilson E. Blattert (LWG), Melville G. Duff (TG), Peter F. Matura (R/O), Frank M. Farmer (FE)
WIA
Military | Captain | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Barclay Boyd Beeby was born in Alton and attended Alton schools, including Shurtleff College. Before joining the military, he was sales manager of the Alton Baking and Ice Cream Company (ABC Bakery). He joined the...
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gr Isle 6/4/43; Dow Fd 25/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 26/6/43; Missing in Action Gdynia 9/10/43 with Henry Nagorka, Navigator: John Leverone, Bombardier: Mike Mahoney, Radio Operator: Francis Antalek, Waist gunner...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Walla Walla 1/8/43; Scott 9/8/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 20/8/43; on return from mission 31/12/43 with Barclay Beeby, rest unknown (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed St Mary on...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43; Scott 7/10/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 25/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Len Tobias, Co-pilot: Walt Yurkurtat, Navigator: Herb Gotha, Bombardier: Alf Hano (4 Killed in Action); Flight engineer/top...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 27/4/43; Sioux City 4/5/43; Smoky Hill 10/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 560BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43. Missing in Action Bordeaux 5 January 1944 with Pilot Norman P. Kempton, Navigator: Stanley A. Plytynski, Bombardier: William...
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Buffalo, New York | 2 March 1916 |
| Enlisted | Hempstead, NY 11550, USA | 11 September 1941 |
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Mitchell Field |
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| 388th BG Combat Tour | Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 24 July 1943 – 4 February 1944 |
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38 combat missions |
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| Died | Buffalo, NY, USA | 27 February 2002 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 December 2017 16:14:33 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, events, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-CAR05-... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:17:29 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html |
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