Beacham Owens Brooker Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 27813 - 1st Lt Beacham Owens Brooker Jr 336FS, 4FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2.5 x destroyed. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Assigned to 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron.
Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Richland County, SC, USA | 30 January 1924 | Son of Beacham Owens and Julia Montague [Daniel] Brooker. |
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Enlisted |
1214 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, SC 29482, USA | 16 November 1942 | Fort Moultrie, South Carolina |
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Based |
Debden | 17 November 1944 - 21 September 1945 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK | 7 April 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Enlisted |
England, UK | 22 July 1945 | Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
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Based |
Neaton | 21 September 1945 | Assigned to 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron. |
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Died |
Forest Acres, SC, USA | 11 January 1990 | |
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Buried |
Saint Martins in the Fields Memorial Garden Forest Acres Richland County SC | 14 January 1990 | Saint Martins in the Fields Memorial Garden Forest Acres Richland County South Carolina, USA |
| Columbia, SC, USA |
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html;
- '1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr.
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